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Catalogue 

of  a  Remarkable  Collection  of  First  Editions,  Association 
and  Presentation  Copies  of  the  Writings  of  Robert 
Louis  Stevenson,  together  with  a  Number  of 
Most  Interesting  Original  Manuscripts 
Autograph  Letters,  Literary  Memo- 
randa, and  Corrected  Proof  Sheets 


Number  64 


1916 


Walter  M.  Hill 

831  Marshall  Field  Building 
22  E.   Washington  Street 

Chicago 


THE  TORCH    PRESS 

CEDAR   RAPIDS 

IOWA 


IN  MEMORIAM 

These  to  his  memory.  May  the  age  arriving, 

As  ours  recall 
That  bravest  heart,  that  gay  and  gallant  striving 

That  laureled  pall! 

Blithe  and  rare  spirit!  we  who  later  linger. 

By  bleaker  seas. 
Sigh  for  the  touch  of  the  magician's  finger, 

His  golden  keys. 

—  Austin  Dobson 


INTRODUCTORY  NOTE 

THE  latest  or  most  youthful  member  of  the  noble 
fraternity  of  collectors  needs  no  introduction  to 
Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  Of  all  the  romancers  who 
have  followed  in  the  footsteps  of  the  great  Sir  Wal- 
ter, Stevenson  is  the  one  most  likely  to  escape  obliv- 
ion. ''By  beauty  of  style,  by  fertility  of  invention,  and 
by  the  firmness  of  the  lines  of  character,  Stevenson  in 
Treasure  Island  lifted  a  boy's  book  into  the  category 
of  books  for  all  ages.  He  demonstrated  at  the  same 
time  that  romance  was  not  dead,  and  that  even  com- 
mercially beauty  might  be  as  profitable  as  ugliness.'' 
Having  won  the  heart  of  the  boy,  the  capture  of  that 
of  the  man  followed  easily.  Adulation  ad  nauseam 
has  been  bestowed  on  Stevenson  by  unreasoning 
admirers;  denunciation  without  measure  has  been 
heaped  upon  him  by  those  who  have  been  maddened 
by  the  excesses  of  his  idolaters.  But  through  all  these 
oscillations  of  unreasoned  praise  and  unmerited 
blame,  the  heart  of  the  average  man  and  boy  has  in- 
stinctively gone  out  to  the  very  human  personality 
of  R.  L.  S.,  and  has  been  moved  and  thrilled  by  the 
gentleness,  the  sweet  persuasiveness,  the  fire,  the  cour- 
age, and  the  power  of  his  various  writings,  imagina- 
tive, critical,  and  autobiographical. 

Stevenson's  achievements  are  remarkable  in  bulk 
as  well  as  in  quality.  ''The  days  of  his  years  were 
not  threescore  years  and  ten,  but  only  forty-four;  and 

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W  A  L.  T  E  R     M .     HILL     -      -      CHICAGO 

almost  aii  the  time  he  was  fighting  against  physical 
weakness  and  disease.  It  is  astonishing  that  in  so 
short  a  time,  amidst  such  difficulties,  notwithstanding 
his  fastidiousness  of  taste,  he  contrived  to  write  the 
twenty-eight  volumes  of  the  Edinburgh  edition. 
They  are  in  every  sense  his  best  monument;  they  en- 
able us  best  to  understand  how  the  owner  of  that  frail 
body  'laid  him  down  with  a  will.' "  So,  on  personal 
grounds  as  well  as  on  his  merits  as  a  man  of  letters, 
Stevenson  remains  and  will  long  remain  one  of  the 
most  arresting  figures  in  modern  English  literature. 
And  as  such,  every  line  from  his  pen,  every  child  of 
his  brain  will  continue  to  be  loved  and  sought  for  by 
those  hierophants  of  letters  and  custodians  of  its 
sacred  relics  —  the  collectors  of  original  manuscripts 
and  first  editions. 

Two-thirds  of  the  titles  herein  offered  came  from 
the  library  of  Sir  Sidney  Colvin  who,  when  retiring 
some  years  ago  from  the  position  of  Keeper  of  Prints 
in  the  British  Museum,  sold  privately  a  considerable 
portion  of  his  literary  and  artistic  gatherings.  The 
Stevensoniana  in  the  material  thus  disposed  of  was 
purchased  en  bloc  by  Mr.  Hill  in  London  in  the  sum- 
mer of  1 91 3.  As  is  well  known,  Sir  Sidney  Colvin 
was  the  lifelong  friend  of  Stevenson,  and  the  trusted 
adviser  to  whom  Stevenson  often  turned  for  counsel 
in  many  things  both  personal  and  literary.  The 
books,  manuscripts,  letters,  and  other  pieces  of  Stev- 
ensoniana which  he  possessed  came  to  him  in  the 
natural  course  of  this  intimacy,  a  fact  which  must 
always  surround  them  with  a  special  element  of  at- 
traction and  associational  interest.     Many  of  them 

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INTRODUCTORY     NOTE 


here  make  their  first  appearance  in  the  book  world; 
this  is,  so  to  say,  their  bibliographical  debut. 

Historically  and  literally  the  catalogue  will,  it  is 
thought,  be  a  genuine  contribution  to  Stevensonian 
bibliography,  and  it  should  take  an  honorable  place 
beside  the  standard  works  of  Col.  Prideaux  and  the 
catalogues  of  the  Williamson  and  Widener  collec- 
tions. The  quality  of  uniqueness  attaches  to  a  score 
of  the  books  and  manuscripts  listed.  Their  acquisi- 
tion would  enrich  the  finest  of  existing  collections 
without  exception.  The  collector  who  has  only  just 
begun  to  form  his  collection  or  the  one  who  has  an 
already  established  gathering  of  ^'Stevensons"  will 
alike  find  here  unmatchable  copies  of  the  more  com- 
mon titles  or  the  great  rarities,  proof  issues,  associa- 
tion and  presentation  copies,  rough  drafts  and  finish- 
ed compositions  in  Tusitala's  own  handwriting. 

No  attempt  need  be  made  here  to  recapitulate  the 
names  of  all  the  gems  and  nuggets  offered  in  the  en- 
suing pages.  They  there  speak  for  themselves,  they 
tell  their  own  story  to  the  discerning  eye  and  the  ex- 
perienced intelligence.  One  alone  may  be  singled 
out  for  Dibdinesque  eulogy.  That  is,  of  course,  the 
proof-copy,  corrected  and  revised  in  Stevenson's  own 
hand.  The  Beach  of  Falesd.  Nowhere  may  its  like 
be  found.  What  collection  has  a  printed  Stevenson 
surpassing  it  in  bibliographical,  associational,  or  ro- 
mantic interest?  It  is  a  crown  jewel,  a  Koh-i-nur 
among  Stevensoniana,  a  prize  that  the  monarchs  of 
the  book  world  might  fittingly  strive  for  in  regal  com- 
petition. 

Readers  of  the  Vailima  Letters  will  remember  The 

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WALTER     M.     HILL     -      -      CHICAGO 

Beach  as  one  of  Stevenson's  favorites  among  his 
writings.  The  origin  and  progress  of  the  story  from 
his  first  conception  of  it  until  its  final  publication  in 
book  form  may  readily  be  followed  in  the  pages  of 
his  delightful  correspondence.  "The  idea  of  it,"  he 
says,  "just  shot  through  me  like  a  bullet  in  one  of  my 
moments  of  awe,  alone  in  that  tragic  jungle."  The 
Letters  reveal  what  infinite  pains  he  took  in  its  com- 
position and  writing,  how  often  he  rewrote  or  revised 
large  sections  of  the  story,  how  it  haunted  his  im- 
agination, and  with  what  confidence  he  felt  it  to  be 
one  of  the  best  things  he  had  ever  done.  This  won- 
derful proof-copy  shows  with  what  painstaking  care 
he  hovered  over  each  word  and  toiled  over  the  mi- 
nutest punctuation  mark  right  up  to  the  moment  it 
left  his  hands  in  far-away  Samoa  and  w^ent  on  its 
way  to  London  to  Colvin  and  its  final  printing.  The 
little  brochure  entitled  Unique  (No.  95)  gives  a 
complete  descriptive  list  of  the  hundred  or  more 
changes  made  by  Stevenson  in  the  proof  of  The 
Beach.  The  curious  in  such  things  will  find  it  a  de- 
lightful occupation  to  compare  them  with  the  cor- 
rected text  of  the  story  as  it  appears  in  Island  Nights' 
Entertainynents.  Such  an  exercise  will  bring  them 
very  close  to  the  author's  charming  personality. 

All  present  signs  point  to  the  continued  popularity 
of  Stevenson  in  the  world  of  book  collecting.  In 
spite  of  the  disturbed  conditions  arising  out  of  the 
Great  War,  there  has  been  no  appreciable  falling  ofif 
in  the  demand  for  really  desirable  Stevensoniana. 
If  anything,  there  has  been  during  the  past  tAvo  years, 
increased  competition  with  steadily  rising  prices  for 

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INTRODUCTORY     NOTE 

fine  association  or  presentation  copies  of  Stevenson's 
books  and  for  his  autograph  letters  and  other  original 
manuscripts. 

This  catalogue  now  goes  out  to  collectors  in  the 
hope  that  numerous  collections  may  be  strengthened 
through  the  addition  of  many  of  its  treasures;  and 
the  bookseller  takes  a  pardonable  pride  in  having 
had  under  his  hand  so  rich  a  series  of  memorials  of  a 
favorite  author  and  in  offering  so  splendid  a  nucleus 
for  a  great  library  of  Stevensoniana. 

This  introductory  note  may  fittingly  close  with  a 
quotation  from  that  statesman  and  booklover,  Augus- 
tine Birrell,  who  has  so  often  written  fine  things 
about  fine  books: 

''Good  as  it  is  to  inherit  a  library,  it  is  better  to 
collect  one.  Each  volume  then,  however  lightly  a 
stranger's  eye  may  roam  from  shelf  to  shelf,  has  its 
own  individuality,  a  history  of  its  own.  You  remem- 
ber where  you  got  it,  and  how  much  you  gave  for  it; 
and  your  word  may  safely  be  taken  for  the  first  of 
these  facts,  but  not  for  the  second.  The  man  who  has 
a  library  of  his  own  collection  is  able  to  contemplate 
himself  objectively,  and  is  justified  in  believing  in 
his  own  existence.  No  other  man  but  he  would  have 
made  precisely  such  a  combination  as  his.  Had  he 
been  in  any  single  respect  different  from  what  he  is, 
his  library,  as  it  exists,  never  would  have  existed. 
Therefore,  surely  he  may  exclaim,  as  in  the  gloam- 
ing he  contemplates  the  backs  of  his  loved  ones, 
'They  are  mine,  and  I  am  theirs.'" 


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The  Pentland  Rising 

THE  PENTLAND  RISING.  A  Page  of  History. 
1666.  ^A  cloud  of  witnesses  ly  here,  Who  for 
Christ's  interest  did  appear.'  Inscription  on  Battle- 
field at  Rullion  Green.  Edinburgh:  Andrew  El- 
liot, 17  Princes  Street.     1866.  $100.00 

First  Edition.     8vo,  pp.  22. 

Original  green  paper  wrappers. 

Widener,  No.  i ;  Prideaux,  No.  i,  p.  112;  Williamson,  No.  i. 

Stevenson's  first  publication.  "I  was  at  Heriot  Row  in  1866 
from  the  29th  October  to  23rd  November,  and  Louis  was  busy 
altering  the  Pentland  Rising  then  to  please  his  father.  He  had 
made  a  story  of  it,  and  by  so  doing,  had,  in  his  father's  opinion, 
spoiled  it.  It  was  printed  not  long  after  in  a  small  edition,  and 
Mr.  Stevenson  very  soon  bought  all  the  copies  in,  as  far  as  was 
possible." — Miss  Jane  Balfour. 

The  Charity  Bazaar 

THE  CHARITY  BAZAAR:  An  Allegorical  Dia- 
logue,    [n.  d.  (1868)].  $150.00 

The  First  Edition.     4to,  pp.  4. 

With  silk  wrapper  and  full  levant  pull-off  case.  Printed  on  ribbed 

paper. 

Signed  on  p.  4  with  the  Author's  initials  in  his  autograph. 

Widener,  No.  2;  Prideaux,  No.  2,  p.   113;  Williamson,  No.  2. 

The  Charity  Bazaar  consists  of  a  humorous  dialogue,  the  "per- 
sons" being  "The  Ingenious  Public,"  "His  Wife,"  and  "The 
Tout." 

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WALTER     M.     HILL      -        -        CHICAGO 

3  A  MEDLEY.  Contributed  for  the  Benefit  of  the 
Gentlewomen's  Association.  November,  MDCCC- 
XCIX.  $2.50 

The  First  Edition.     Small  4to,  pp.  102. 

Original  crimson  buckram  boards  with  white  vellum  back,  uncut. 

Frontispiece  by  Walter  Crane. 

Widener,  No.  3;  Prideaux,  No.   15,  p.   146. 

Comprising  Papers,  Poems,  etc.,  written  with  few  exceptions 
by  their  respective  authors  for  this  volume,  including  The  Charity 
Bazaar,  by  R.  L.  Stevenson,  and  other  contributions  by  Canon 
Rawnsley,  Allan  Monkhouse,  etc. 

The  Edinburgh  University  Magazine 

4  THE  EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY  MAGA- 
ZINE.    1871.  $150.00 

Numbers  I-IV  (all  published),  January  to  April,  1871 ;  published 
by  E.  &  S.  Livingston,  57  South  Bridge,  Edinburgh. 
8vo.     The  four  numbers  complete  in  the  original  paper  wrappers. 
Stevenson's  contributions  will  be  found  as  follows: 
No.  I.     College  Papers,  No.  i.     Edinburgh  Students  in  1824. 
No.    n.     College   Papers,   No.   2.     The   Modern   Student  Con- 
sidered Generally. 

The  Philosophy  of  Umbrellas. 
No.  ni.     College  Papers,  No.  3.     Debating  Societies. 

An  Old  Scotch  Gardener. 
No.  IV.     The  Philosophy  of  Nomenclature. 
Widener,  No.  4;  Prideaux,  Nos.  1-6,  pp.  153,  154;  Williamson, 
No.  3. 

The  Thermal  Influence  of  Forests 

5  ON  THE  THERMAL  INFLUENCE  OF  FOR- 
ESTS. By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson,  Esq.  From 
the  Proceedings  of  the  Royal  Society  of  Edinburgh, 

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WRITINGS     OF     R.     L.     STEVENSON 

Vol.     VIII.,     1872-73.     Edinburgh:     Printed     by 
Neill  and  Company.     MDCCCLXXIII.        $30.00 

Second  separate  impression.     8vo,  pp.  14. 

Original  blue  cover  as  issued. 

Widener,  No.  7;  Prideaux,  No.  4,  p.  115;  Williamson,  No.  5. 

Exceedingly  rare,  only  a  very  small  number  were  privately 
printed  for  distribution  among  close  friends. 

Review  of  ''Lord  Lytton's  Fables  in  Song" 

6  REVIEW^  OF  ''LORD  LYTTON'S  FABLES  IN 
SONG"  (the  original  Article  from  "Fortnightly 
Review")  1873;  Proofs  (on  two  sheets  large  4to),  of 
Article  in  "The  Book  Buyer"  describing  the  set  of 
his  works  presented  by  Stevenson  to  Dr.  Trudeau, 
with  the  full  set  of  the  "Nonsense  dedications" ;  "The 
Character  of  Dogs,"  the  original  article  from  "Eng- 
lish Illustrated  Magazine."  1884.  "Extra"  Sup- 
plement to  the  "Samoa  Times,"  on  the  Death  of 
Stevenson.  Apparently  a  "proof,"  on  one  sheet  4to, 
printed  on  one  side  only.  $2.50 
Prideaux,  No.  11,  p.  157. 

A  Magnificent  Literary  Letter 

7  A  MOST  IMPORTANT  and  lengthy  A.  L.  S.  to 
Sir  Sidney  Colvin,  written  on  monogrammed  paper. 
6  pp.,  8vo.  Swanston.  (June  or  July,  1874). 
Signed  in  full.  $200.00 

Respecting  a  scheme,  afterwards  abandoned,  for  a  collected 
volume  of  "Essays  on  the  Enjoyment  of  the  World,"  and  includ- 
ing a  draft  of  the  suggested  title  for  same;  also  concerning  a 
tract  he  proposed  writing  anonymously  addressed  to  the  clergy  of 
Scotland;  and  as  to  his  "fables." 

"What   is   new  with   you?     There   is   nothing  new  with    me: 

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WALTER     M.     HILL      -        -        CHICAGO 

Knox  and  his  females  begin  to  get  out  of  restraint  altogether;  the 
subject  expands  so  damnably,  I  know  not  where  to  cut  it  ofiF.  I 
have  another  paper  for  the  Ptfl.  [Portfolio]  on  the  stocks:  a 
sequel  to  the  two  others;  also,  that  is  to  say,  a  word  in  season  as 
to  aesthetic  contentment  and  a  hint  to  the  careless  to  look  around 
them  for  disregarded  pleasures.  Seeley  wrote  to  me  asking  me  *to 
propose'  something:  I  suppose  he  means — well,  I  suppose  I  don't 
know  what  he  means.  But  I  shall  write  to  him  .  .  .  say- 
ing that  my  writing  is  more  a  matter  of  God's  disposition  than  of 
man's  proposal.  .  .  Twelve  or  twent\^  such  essays,  some  of 
them  mainly  ethical  and  expository,  put  together  in  a  little  book 
with  narrow  print  in  each  page,  antique,  vine  leaves  about,  and 
the  following  title: 

XII  (OR  XX)  ESSAYS  ON  THE  ENJOYMENT  OF  THE 

WORLD 

By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson 

(A  motto  in  italics) 

Publisher. 

Place  and  date. 

"Of  course  the  page  is  here  foreshortened  but  you  know  the 
class  of  old  book  I  have  in  my  head.  I  smack  my  lips;  would  it 
not  be  nice!  I  am  going  to  launch  on  Scotch  ecclesiastical  affairs, 
in  a  tract  addressed  to  the  Clerg\':  in  which  doctrinal  matters 
being  laid  aside,  I  contend  simply  that  they  should  be  just  and 
dignified  men  at  a  certain  crisis:  this  for  the  honour  of  humanity. 
Its  authorship  must,  of  course,  be  secret  or  the  publication  would 
be  useless.  You  shall  have  a  copy,  of  course,  and  may  God  help 
you  to  understand  it. 

*T  have  done  no  more  to  my  fables.  I  find  I  must  let  things 
take  their  time.  I  am  constant  to  my  schemes;  but  I  must  work 
at  them  fitfully  as  the  humour  moves." 

Colvin  in  his  new  and  enlarged  edition  of  his  Letters  of  Steven- 
son publishes  this  letter  and  makes  the  following  comment  thereon : 

"Of  the  projects  here  mentioned,  that  of  the  little  book  of  es- 
says on  the  enjoyment  of  the  world  never  took  shape,  nor  were 
those  contributions  towards  it  which  he  printed  in  the  Portfolio 

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WRITINGS     OF     R.      L.     STEVENSON 

ever  re-published  until  after  the  writer's  death.  The  Appeal  to 
the  Clergy  of  the  Church  of  Scotland  was  printed  in  1874,  pub- 
lished as  a  pamphlet  in  February,  1875,  and  attracted,  I  believe, 
no  attention  whatever.  The  'fables'  must  have  been  some  of  the 
earliest  numbers  of  the  series  continued  at  odd  times  till  near  the 
date  of  his  death  and  published  posthumously;  I  do  not  know 
which,  but  should  guess.  The  House  of  Eld,  Yellow  Paint,  and 
perhaps  those  in  the  vein  of  Celtic  mystery,  The  Touchstone,  The 
Poor  Thing,  The  Song  of  To-morrow." 

An  Inland  Voyage 

8  AN  INLAND  VOYAGE.  By  Robert  Louis  Stev- 
enson. "Thus  sang  they  in  the  English  boat."  Mar- 
vell.  (Publishers'  device).  London:  C.  Kegan 
Paul  &  Co.,  I,  Paternoster  Square.     1878.       $70.00 

First  edition,  crown  8vo. 

Original  pictorial  cloth,  uncut.     Frontispiece  by  Walter  Crane. 
Widener,  No.  10;  Prideaux,  No.  i,  p.  3;  Williamson,  No.  7. 
The  First  Edition  of  Stevenson's  first  book. 

Edinburgh:  Picturesque  Notes 

9  EDINBURGH:  PICTURESQUE  NOTES.     By 

Robert  Louis  Stevenson,  Author  of  "An  Inland  Voy- 
age." With  Etchings  by  A.  Brunet-Debaines. 
From  Drawings  by  S.  Bough,  R.  S.  A.,  and  W.  E. 
Lockhart,  R.  S.  A.  And  Vignettes  by  Hector  Chal- 
mers and  R.  Kent  Thomas.  Seeley,  Jackson,  and 
Halliday,  54  Fleet  Street.  London.  MDCCC- 
LXXIX.  $75.00 

First  Edition,  folio,  39  pp. 

Original  ornamental  blue  cloth,  gilt  edges.     There  are  six  full- 
page  etchings  by  Alfred  Brunet-Debaines  and  tw^elve  vignettes. 
Widener,  No.  1 1 ;  Prideaux,  No.  2,  p.  5 ;  Williamson,  No.  9. 

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WALTER     M.     HILL      -       -       CHICAGO 

10  EDINBURGH     PICTURESQUE    NOTES    by 

Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  Author  of  An  Inland  Voy- 
age, Treasure  Island,  Etc.  New  Edition.  (Woodcut 
view  of  Princes  Street,  Edinburgh).  London:  See- 
ley  &  Co.,  Essex  Street,  Strand.     1889.  $3.00 

New  Edition,  small  8vo. 

Original  red   cloth  boards,  leather  back,   gilt  top,  uncut.     With 

illustrations. 

Widener,  No.  12;  not  in  Prideaux;  Williamson,  No.  66. 

Travels  with  a  Donkey 

11  TRAVELS  WITH  A  DONKEY  IN  THE  CE- 

VENNES.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  (Pub- 
lishers' device).  London:  C.  Kegan  Paul  &  Co.,  i 
Paternoster  Square.     1879.  $75.00 

First  edition,  crown  8vo. 

Original  cloth,  uncut.     Frontispiece  by  Walter  Crane. 

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iia  TRAVELS  WITH  A  DONKEY  IN  THE  CE- 
VENNES.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  (Pub- 
lishers' device).  London,  C.  Kegan  Paul  &  Co.,  i 
Paternoster  Square,  1879.  $175.00 

The  First  Edition.     Post  Svo. 

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Presentation    copy    from    the    Author's    Mother    with    inscription 

"M.   S.   Stevenson  with   much   love   from   M.   I.   Stevenson  June 

1879,"  in  her  autograph. 


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WRITINGS     OF     R.     L.     STEVENSON 

The  Story  of  a  Lie 

12  THE  STORY  OF  A  LIE.  By  Robert  Louis  Stev- 
enson. London:  Hayley  &  Jackson,  Little  Queen 
St.,  W.  C.     1882.  $100.00 

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8vo,  pp.  80. 

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Not  mentioned  by  Mr.  Slater  in  his  most  useful  book.  Early 
Editions. 

Priced  in  a  London  Catalogue  £21-10-0   ($107.50). 

^'The  Story  of  a  Lie  is  one  of  the  most  uncommon  of  Steven- 
son's pieces.  The  book  was  prepared  for  publication  in  1882,  but 
was  withdrawn  at  the  last  moment,  and  the  entire  impression  de- 
stroyed.    Very  few  sets  of  the  sheets  were  preserved." 

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of  the  book  in  the  catalogue  of  his  own  library  of  bibliophilists' 
rarities. 

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1882,  but,  in  consequence  of  a  dispute  which  arose  with  the  pro- 
posed publishers  upon  the  question  of  Copyright,  the  project  was 
abandoned,  and  the  book  withdrawn  before  publication.  The 
work  was  never  ''made  up,"  and  the  few  copies  that  have  sur- 
vived are  merely  such  sets  of  the  sheets  as  chanced  to  have  been 
preserved  by  the  publishers  and  printers.  —  Prideaux's  Bibliogra- 
phy of  R.  L.  S. 

13  THE  STORY  OF  A  LIE  AND  OTHER  TALES. 

By  Robert  Louis   Stevenson.     Boston:   Herbert  B. 
Turner  &  Co.,  1904.  $1.25 

Crown  8vo. 
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38 


DEACON  BRODIE,  OR 


[act 


the  road  to  silence  now.  Let  them  once  get  tattling  in 
their  parlours,  and  it 's  death  to  me.  For  I  'm  in  a 
cruel  corner  now.  I  'm  down,  and  I  shall  get  my 
kicking  soon  and  soon  enough.  I  began  it  in  the  lust 
of  life,  in  a  hey-day  of  mystery  and  adventure.  I  felt  it 
great  to  be  a  bolder,  craftier  rogue  than  the  drowsy 
citizen  that  called  himself  my  fellow-man.  It  was  meat 
p  .       and  drink  to  know  him  in  the  hollow  of  my  hand, 

r-^^Tp*  •  '^  hoarding  that  I  and  mine  might  squander,  pinching 
that  we  might  wax  fat.  It  was  in  the  laughter  of  my 
heart  that  I  tip-toed  into  his  greasy  privacy.  I  forced 
the  strong-box  at  his  ear  while  he  sprawled  beside  his 
wife.    He  was  my  butt,  my  ape,  my  jumping-jack. — And 

now O  fool,  fool !     Duped  by  such  knaves  as  are  a 

shame  to  knavery,  crime's  rabble,  hell's  tatterdemalions  ! 
Shorn  to  the  quick !  Rooked  to  my  vitals !  And  I 
must  tliieve  for  my  daily  bread  like  any  crawling  black- 
guard in  the  gutter,  ^^nd  my  sister — there 's  where  it 
pricks  !  It  wouldn't  greatly  matter  if  she  were  no  better 
than  myself  But  nOf^MHHhiiS  not  she  \  And  yet — and 
yet— if  we  were  all  a  bit  alike — why,  there's  what  I 
would  call  a  family.  She  would  be  just  as  happy — 
look  at  me !    And  one  more  light  wqiH^ — ^ 

^^  iJ      O  BRODIE,  MARY. 

~^!^^  **^  UhK^  {tapping  without). 

U.y&^l'Jl^  .    Can  I  come  in.  Will  ? 

?CU"J'0..wv^^>-"    lv4^  BRODIE. 

1—^-^  O  yes,  come  in— come  in  !   (Mary  enters,)    I  wanted 

v*c^H)-W      ^Q  ^g  quiet,  but  it  doesn't  matter,  I  see.     You  women 
tJjAjr^LAJLS  are  all  the  same. 

O  no,  Will,  they  're  not  all  so  happy,  and  they  *re  not 
VX^  CtAAA,c^  all  Brodies.    But  I  '11  be  a  wom^n  in  one  thing.   For  I've 


^feZTi^t;:^ 


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WRITINGS     OF     R.     L.     STEVENSON 

Deacon  Brodie 

14  DEACON  BRODIE,  OR,  THE  DOUBLE  LIFE. 
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tains numerous  important  manuscript  changes,  corrections,  and 
marginalia  in  Stevenson's  handwriting.  Accompanying  this  copy 
are  some  duplicate  sheets  which  also  contain  manuscript  changes 
and  corrections. 

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William  Ernest  Henley  and  Robert  Louis  Steven- 
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stable.  Printers  to  her  Majesty.     MDCCCLXXX- 
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This  Edition  was  printed   in   a  very  small   impression,  merely 
to  secure  copyright. 

ViRGINIBUS  PUERISQUE 

17  VIRGINIBUS  PUERISQUE.  And  Other  Pa- 
pers. By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  (Publishers' 
device).  London:  C.  Kegan  Paul  &  Co.,  i,  Pater- 
noster Square,  1881.  $60.00 

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Dedicated    to   W.    E.    Henley.     Exceptionally   fine   copy,    now 
very  scarce. 

18  VIRGINIBUS  PUERISQUE  AND  OTHER 
PAPERS.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  With 
twelve  Illustrations  in  Color  after  Designs  by  Nor- 
man Wilkinson.  London:  Published  for  the  Flor- 
ence Press  by  Chatto  &  Windus,  1910.  $15.00 

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lustrations in  color  after  designs  by  Norman  Wilkinson. 

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WRITINGS     OF     R.     L.     STEVENSON 

printed  on  Aldwych  handmade  paper,  250  copies  have  been  print- 
ed of  which  235  are  for  sale. 

To  F.  J.  S.  WITH  THE  Original  MS. 

i8a  TO  F.  J.  S.     Davos,  April  3,  1881.  $1,150.00 

The  First  Edition.     8vo,  pp.  i. 

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stanzas  of  four  lines  each.     It  is  signed  at  the  end,  **R.  L.  S." 

In  line  3,  stanza  2,  Stevenson  has  corrected  with  ink  the  word 

"full"   to   "fill."     The  poem  was  written   in   memory  of   F.   A. 

Sitwell,  and  is  addressed  to  his  mother.     Only  a  few  copies  were 

printed.     With  this  is  the  original  manuscript  on  one  page  folio, 

the  manuscript  being  beautifully  preserved  with  a  specially  written 

title   page,    etc.,    folio,   full  morocco   extra,   with   an   extra  cloth 

case  by  Sangorski  and  Sutclif^e. 

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Familiar  Studies  of  Men  and  Books 

19  FAMILIAR  STUDIES  OF  MEN  AND  BOOKS. 
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20  FAMILIAR  STUDIES  OF  MEN  AND  BOOKS. 
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paper.     Only  100  Copies  of  this  Large  Paper  Edition  have  been 

printed. 

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New  Arabian  Nights 

21  NEW  ARABIAN  NIGHTS.  By  Robert  Louis 
Stevenson.  (Publishers'  device).  In  Two  Vol- 
umes. Vol.  I  (Vol.  II).  London:  Chatto  &  Win- 
dus,  Piccadilly,  1882.  (The  right  of  translation  is 
reserved.)  $150.00 

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"He  never  wrote  anything  more  consummate  in  their  kind  than 
the  New  Arabian  Nights.'' — Wm.  Archer. 

22  NEW  ARABIAN  NIGHTS.  By  Robert  Louis 
Stevenson.  (Publishers'  device).  In  Two  Vol- 
umes. Vol.  I  (Vol.  II).  London:  Chatto  &  Win- 
dus,  Piccadilly,   1882.  $15.00 

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Prideaux,  p.    18. 

The  note  on  p.  (ix)  which  runs  as  follows:  "I  must  prefix 
a  word  of  thanks  to  the  gentleman  who  condescended  to  borrow 
the  gist  of  one  of  my  stories  and  even  to  honour  it  with  the  ad- 
dition of  his  signature.  This  mark  of  appreciation  emboldened 
me  to  make  the  present  collection. — R.  L.  S."  This  note  will  be 
found  in  the  first  and  second  editions  of  New  Arabian  Nights 
which  were  published  in  two  volumes.  —  Prideaux. 

23  THE  SUICIDE  CLUB  AND  THE  RAJAH'S 
DIAMOND.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  (Pub- 
lishers' device).  A  New  Edition.  With  8  illustra- 
tions by  W.  J.  Hennessy.  London:  Chatto  &  Win- 
dus,  1897.  $2.50 
Crown  8vo. 

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Black  Canyon 

24  NOTICE  TODAY  IS  PUBLISHED  by  S.  L.  Os- 

bourne  &  Co.  Illustrated.  Black  Canyon,  or  Wild 
Adventures  in  the  Far  West.  An  Instructive  and 
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Moral  Emblems 

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Verses.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  Author  of 
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28  MORAL  EMBLEMS.  A  Second  Collection  of 
Cuts  and  Verses.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  Au- 
thor of  Latter-day  Arabian  Nights.  Travels  with  a 
Donkey,  Not  I,  etc.  Printers:  S.  L.  Osbourne  & 
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these  only  for  the  Author's  own  amusement  to  distribute  among 
his  friends.  The  first  mention  of  these  trifles  occurs  in  a  letter 
from  Stevenson  to  Henley,  dated  from  Davos,  March,  1882,  in 
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The  Graver  and  the  Pen 

30  THE  GRAVER  &  THE  PEN,  or  Scenes  from  Na- 
ture with  Appropriate  Verses  by  Robert  Louis  Stev- 
enson author  of  'The  New  Arabian  Nights,'  'Moral 
Emblems,'  'Not  I,'  'Treasure  Island,'  etc.  Illustrat- 
ed. Edinburgh,  S.  L.  Osbourne  &  Company,  No. 
17  Heriot  Row.  (It  was  only  by  the  kindness  of 
Mr.  Crerar  of  Kingussie  that  we  are  able  to  issue 

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this  little  work — having  allowed  us  to  print  with  his 
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Two  Proof  Illustrations  of  Woodcuts 

32    TWO  PROOF  ILLUSTRATIONS  OF  WOOD- 
CUTS.    One  of  two  figures  and  a  tree,  and  the  other 

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of  one  figure  and  a  boat,  etc.     Printed  at  Davos- 

Platz,  n.  d.  $60.00 

Probably  unique. 


See  No.  32 

Original  Pen  and  Pencil  Drawn  Map 

ORIGINAL  PEN  AND  PENCIL  DRAWN 
MAP,  with  MS.  descriptions  of  Military  Operations 
for  the  Army  of  tin  Soldiers,  employed  during  the 
Kriegspiel  games  played  between  Stevenson  and  his 
step-son  Mr.  Lloyd  Osbourne.      (188-).         $500.00 

The  First  Edition. 

See  Widener  Catalogue,  No.  40,  or  Prideaux,  p.  122,  for  "A  Mar- 
tial Elegy  for  Some  Dead  Soldiers,"  the  first  two  lines  of  which 
are: 

*'For  certain  soldiers  lately  dead 
Our  reverent  dirge  shall  here  be  said." 
This  amusement  begun   at   Davos  was  often   revived,   even   in 
the  latter  days  of   Samoa;  and  was  quite  as  earnestly  played  as 
if  even  Von  Moltke  were  expected  to  criticise  it. 

The  Silverado  Squatters 

THE  SILVERADO  SQUATTERS.  By  Robert 
Louis   Stevenson.      (Publishers'   device).     London: 

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Chatto  &  Windus,  Piccadilly,  1883.     (All  rights  re- 
served). $16.00 

First  edition,  first  issue,  crown  8vo. 

Original  sage-green  cloth  boards.     Frontispiece. 

Widener,  No.  49;  Prideaux,  No.  9,  p.  23;  Williamson,  No.  31. 

The  Child's  Garden  of  Verses 

35  ^'LOOKING  GLASS  RIVER,"  (the  Original  MS. 
with  two  Unpublished  Verses)  ;  and  '^Armies  in  the 
Fire,"  (the  original  MS.  containing  three  of  the  five 
Original  Verses,  and  one  Unpublished  Verse).  Both 
these  poems  were  written  for  The  Child's  Garden  of 
Verses.  In  addition  there  is  a  third  poem  of  four 
verses,  commencing: 

''Light  foot  and  tight  foot 
And  green  grass  spread 
Early  in  the  Morning 
But  hope  is  on  ahead." 

These  do  not  seem  to  have  been  published,  and  on 
the  reverse  are  some  ''poems  in  the  making."  All  in 
Stevenson's  autograph  on  3  sheets,  two  on  4to  and 
one  foolscap  folio.  Neatly  mounted  and  bound  by 
Riviere  in  full  dark  green  levant  morocco,  gilt 
edges.  $1,500.00 

36  A  CHILD'S  GARDEN  OF  VERSES  By  Rob- 
ert Louis  Stevenson.  (Publishers'  device).  London 
Longmans,  Green,  and  Co.  1885.  All  rights  re- 
served. $40.00 

The  First  Published  Edition.      i2mo,  pp.  104. 

Original  peacock-blue  cloth  boards,  gilt  top,  uncut. 

Widener,  No.  51;  Prideaux,  No.  14,  p.  33;  Williamson,  No.  37. 

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37  A  CHILD'S  GARDEN  OF  VERSES.  By  Robert 
Louis  Stevenson.  Illustrated  by  Charles  Robinson. 
London :  John  Lane,  The  Bodley  Head.  New  York : 
Charles  Scribner's  Sons,  1896.  Copyright  1895,  by 
Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  $5.00 

First  illustrated  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 

Original  green  pictorial  gilt  cloth  boards,  uncut  and  unopened. 

Widener,  No.  53 ;  Prideaux,  p.  37. 

"They  look  ghastly  in  the  cold  light  of  print;  but  there  is 
something  nice  in  the  little  ragged  regiment  after  all;  the  black- 
guards seem  to  me  to  smile;  to  have  a  kind  of  childish,  treble 
note  that  sounds  in  my  ears  freshly;  no  song,  if  you  will,  but  a 
child's  voice." — R.  L.  S.  to  Edmund  Gosse. 

38  A  CHILD'S  GARDEN  OF  VERSES.  By  Robert 
Louis  Stevenson.  Illustrated  by  Charles  Robinson. 
London:  John  Lane,  The  Bodley  Head.  New  York: 
Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  1896.  Copyright  1895,  by 
Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  $10.00 

The  First  Illustrated  Edition.     Large  Paper.     8vo. 
Original  red  buckram  boards,  paper  label,  gilt  top,  uncut.     I   of 
150  copies  printed  on  Japanese  vellum. 

Presentation  copy  from  the  publisher  to  Sidney  Colvin,  with  in- 
scription on  fly-leaf:     "Sidney  Colvin,  Esq.     With  kind  regards 
from   John    Lane." 
Widener,  No.  53 ;  Prideaux,  p.  38. 

These  copies  were  bound  in  uniform  style  with  the  Edinburgh 
Edition  of  The  Works  of  Robert  Louis  Stevenson,  with  the  cloth 
covers  of  the  ordinary  edition  employed  as  end  leaves. 

39  A  CHILD'S  GARDEN  OF  VERSES.  Robert 
Louis  Stevenson.  With  Illustrations  by  Jessie  Will- 
cox  Smith.     Longmans,   Green,   and  Co.     London 

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Charles  Scribner's  Sons  New  York.  MCMV.    $2.00 

4to. 

Original  blue  cloth  boards,  pictorial  front  cover,  gilt  top,  uncut. 

With  full-page  colored  plates  and  a  large  number  of  cuts. 

Sure  to  win  the  enthusiastic  approval  of  all  young  people. 

40  A  CHILD'S  GARLAND  OF  SONGS  Gathered 
from  A  Child's  Garden  of  Verses.  By  Robert  Louis 
Stevenson  And  Set  to  Music  by  C.  Villiers  Stanford, 
Op.  30.  London:  Longmans,  Green,  &  Co.,  and 
New  York:  15  East  i6th  Street.  1892.  All  Rights 
Reserved.  $2.50 

Thin  4to. 

Original  decorated  bright  red  cloth  boards,  yellow^  edges. 

Widener,  No.   55 ;  Prideaux,  p.  37. 

41  Both  Notations.  R.  L.  Stevenson's  SONGS  FOR 
CHILDREN.  Set  to  Music  by  Edith  Swepstone. 
London:  J.  Curwen  &  Sons,  8  &  9  Warwick  Lane, 
E.  C.  Copyright,  U.  S.  A.,  1897,  By  J.  Curwen  & 
Sons.     Price  One  Shilling.  $2.50 

Music  folio. 

Pictorial  paper  cover.     Eight  pretty  head-pieces  by  Mildred  Einra. 

Treasure  Island 

42  TREASURE  ISLAND.  By  Robert  Louis  Steven- 
son. (Ornamental  line).  Cassell  &  Company,  Lim- 
ited: London,  Paris  &  New  York.  (All  Rights  Re- 
served.)    1883.  $30.00 

The   First    Edition.     Crown    8vo. 

Original  blue  cloth  boards. 

From  Sidney  Colvin's  Library  with  his  name  written  on  the  half 

title  in  his  autograph. 

Widener,  No.  57;  Prideaux,  No.  11,  pp.  25;  Williamson,  No.  32. 

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*'Its  reception  reads  like  a  fairy  tale.  Statesmen  and  judges 
and  all  sorts  of  staid  and  sober  men  became  boys  once  more,  sit- 
ting up  long  after  bedtime  to  read  their  new  book.  The  story 
goes  that  Mr.  Gladstone  got  a  glimpse  of  it  at  a  colleague's 
house,  and  spent  the  next  day  hunting  over  London  for  a  second 
hand  copy." — Life  i.  211. 

Across  the  Plains 

43  LONGMAN'S  MAGAZINE.  July  and  August, 
1883.  $5.00 

Two  numbers,  8vo. 

Original  wrappers. 

Widener,  No.  59;  Prideaux,  No.  76,  p.  173. 

Across  the  Plains,  by  Stevenson,  will  be  found  on  pp.  285-304 
(July)   and  372-386   (August). 

44  ACROSS  THE  PLAINS  WITH  OTHER  MEM- 
ORIES AND  ESSAYS.  By  Robert  Louis  Steven- 
son. (Publishers' device).  London  :  Chatto  &  Win- 
dus,  Piccadilly,  1892.  $6.00 

The   First  Edition.     Crown   8vo. 

Original  dark  blue  buckram,  boards,  gilt  top,  uncut. 

Widener,  No.  69;  Prideaux,  No.  33,  p.  74;  Williamson,  No.  76. 

45  ACROSS  THE  PLAINS  WITH  OTHER  MEM- 
ORIES AND  ESSAYS.  By  Robert  Louis  Steven- 
son. (Publishers'  device) .  London :  Chatto  &  Win- 
dus,  Piccadilly     1892.  $9.00 

Large   Paper  Edition.     4to. 

Original  white  buckram  boards,  untrimmed  edges  as  issued,  print- 
ed on  hand-made  paper. 
Widener,  No.  61,   Prideaux,  p.   75. 

Only  100  copies  of  this  Large  Paper  Edition  have  been  printed. 

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Admiral  Guinea 

46  ADMIRAL  GUINEA.  A  Melodrama  in  Four 
Acts.  By  William  Ernest  Henley  and  Robert  Louis 
Stevenson.  Printed  by  R.  &  R.  Clark,  Edinburgh 
For  Private  Circulation  Only.     1884.  $500.00 

The  First  Edition.     Crown  8vo,  pp.  64. 

Original  stiff  cream-colored  stamped  paper  wrappers,  uncut,  in 
full  brown  levant  pull-off  case  by  Riviere.  The  front  cover  reads : 
"No...  To  be  Returned  to  W.  E.  Henley,  51  Richmond  Gar- 
dens, Shepherd's  Bush,  London,  W.  Admiral  Guinea  For  Private 
Circulation   Only." 

On  the  title  page  is  inscribed  in  Stevenson's  autograph :     "Sidney 
Colvin  from  the  Author,   29/10/84,"  and  the  cover  is  initialed: 
"W.  E.  H." 
Widener,  No.  63;  Prideaux,  No.  10,  p.  24;  Williamson,  No.  33. 

This  is  one  of  a  very  small  number  printed  for  copyright  pur- 
poses, and  was  not  published  until   1892. 

47  ADMIRAL  GUINEA.  A  Melodrama  in  Four 
Acts.  By  William  Ernest  Henley  and  Robert  Louis 
Stevenson.  Printed  by  R.  &  R.  Clark,  Edinburgh 
For  Private  Circulation  Only.    1884.  $200.00 

The  First  Edition.     Crown  8vo,  pp.  64. 

Original   stiff-cream  colored  stamped  paper  wrappers,   uncut. 

Widener,  No.  63;  Prideaux,  No.  10,  p.  24;  Williamson,  No.  33. 

Beau  Austin,  Admiral  Guinea,  Macaire, 
Deacon  Brodie 

48  BEAU  AUSTIN  :  A  Play  in  Four  Acts.  By  Wil- 
liam Ernest  Henley  and  Robert  Louis  Stevenson. 
Printed  By  R.  &  R.  Clark,  Edinburgh.  For  Private 
Circulation  Only,  1884. 

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ADMIRAL  GUINEA.  A  Melodrama  in  Four 
Acts.  By  William  Ernest  Henley  and  Robert  Louis 
Stevenson.  Printed  by  R.  &  R.  Clark,  Edinburgh, 
For  Private  Circulation  Only.  1884. 
MACAIRE.  A  Melodramatic  Farce  in  Three  Acts. 
By  William  Ernest  Henley  and  Robert  Louis  Steven- 
son. Printed  by  R.  &  R.  Clark,  Edinburgh.  For 
Private  Circulation  Only.  1885. 
DEACON  BRODIE  OR  THE  DOUBLE  LIFE. 
A  Melodrama  in  Five  Acts  and  Eight  Tableaux.  By 
William  Ernest  Henley  and  Robert  Louis  Stevenson. 
Edinburgh  University  Press:  T.  and  A.  Constable, 
Printers  to  Her  Majesty.     MDCCCLXXXVIII. 

$450.00 

All  First  Editions.     Crown  8vo. 

The  four  plays  bound  in  one  volume,  in  full  crimson  morocco, 

gilt  edges. 

The  Body  Snatcher 

49  Price  Sixpence.  Pall  Mall  Christmas  "Extra"  R. 
Louis  Stevenson's  The  Body  Snatcher.  (Illustra- 
tions) Twenty  Guinea  Prizes.  For  Particulars  See 
Contents.  Office,  2  Northumberland  Street,  Strand, 
London,  W.  C.     1884.    All  rights  reserved.      $30.00 

First  of  all  Editions.     Extracted  from  the  Pall  Mall  Christmas 

Number.     Stevenson's  story  occupies  pp.   3-13.     Crown   8vo. 

Front  cover,  original  orange-colored  paper  wrapper,  with  cut  and 

title-page  as  above. 

With   tw^o  slight  corrections  by  Robert   Louis   Stevenson   in   the 

text. 

Widener,  No.  66;  Prideaux,  No.  i,  p.  131;  Williamson,  No.  12. 

^^The  Body  Snatcher  was  written  in  June,   i88i,  at  Kinnaird 

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Cottage,  Pittochry,  and  was  originally  intended  to  form  one  of  a 
series  of  tales  of  terror,  or  as  Stevenson  called  them,  'crawlers,' 
which  had  been  planned  in  collaboration  with  Mrs.  Stevenson, 
and  were  to  be  brought  out  under  the  title  of  The  Black  Man  and 
Other  Tales.'' — Prideaux. 

Prince  Otto 

50  PRINCE  OTTO  A  Romance.  By  Robert  Louis 
Stevenson  (Publishers'  device).  London:  Chatto 
&  Windus,  Piccadilly  1885  (The  Right  of  Trans- 
lation is  reserved).  $50.00 

The  First  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 
Original  sage-green  cloth,  uncut  as  issued. 
Widener,  No.  67;  Prideaux,  No.  13,  p.  30. 

Good  clean  copy,  now  extremely  difficult  to  secure.  Perhaps 
on  no  product  of  his  genius  did  Stevenson  bestow  more  criticism 
than  upon  Prince  Otto.  "It  is  queer,  and  a  little,  little  bit  free, 
and  some  of  the  parties  are  immoral — and  the  whole  thing  is  not 
a  romance,  nor  yet  a  comedy:  nor  yet  a  romantic  comedy,  but  a 
kind  of  preparation  of  some  of  the  Elements  of  all  three  in  a 
glass  jar." — Letters  I,  270. 

51  R.  L.  STEVENSON  LE  ROMAN  DU  PRINCE 
OTHON  Traduit  de  L' Anglais  par  Egerton  Castle. 
London  John  Lane  The  Bodley  Head    1896.    $8.00 

The  First  French  Translation.     Crown  8vo. 

Original  dark  blue  buckram  boards,  gilt  top,  uncut.     With  etched 

frontispiece. 

Widener,  No.  68 ;  Prideaux,   p.  32. 

More  New  Arabian  Nights 

52  MORE  NEW  ARABIAN  NIGHTS.  The  Dyna- 
miter. By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson  and  Fanny  Van 
de  Grift  Stevenson.     (Publishers'  device).    London 

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Longmans,   Green,  and  Co.     1885.     All  rights  re- 
served. $4.00 

The  First  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 

Half  calf,  gilt  top,  uncut  with  the  original  pale  green  wrappers 

bound  in. 

Widener,  No.  75;  Prideaux,  No.  15,  p.  38;  Williamson,  No.  38. 

Original  Autograph  Manuscripts  of  Five  Imaginary 

Dispatches 

53  THE  ORIGINAL  AUTOGRAPH  MANU- 
SCRIPTS OF  FIVE  IMAGINARY  DIS- 
PATCHES, written  in  a  humorous  style,  and  con- 
tained on  5J4  PP-)  4to,  circa  1885.  Handsomely 
bound  together  with  a  decorative  title-page  and  full 
transcripts  of  all  the  Dispatches,  in  full  red  levant, 
lettered  on  side  and  front,  by  Messrs.  Sangorski  and 
Sutclifife.  $500.00 

A  most  delightful  volume,  containing  five  highly-amusing  Imag- 
inary Dispatches,  a  tribute  to  Stevenson's  never  failing  fund  of 
humor,  for  they  were  written  at  a  period  when,  according  to  one 
biographer,  he  "lived  the  life  of  an  invalid,  vainly  seeking  relief 
by  change  of  place." 

The  dispatches  purport  to  come  from  H.  M.  Stanley  in  Leo- 
poldville.  The  King  of  the  Cannibal  Islands,  The  American 
Pirates'  Trade  Union,  and  others. 

A  few  extracts  will  show  their  extreme  interest  and  originality : 

From  H.  M.  Stanley,  Leopoldville : 

".  .  .  .  The  river  preserves  are  in  a  flourishing  condition; 
never  has  the  number  of  crocodiles  seemed  so  great,  and  the  water- 
boas  leave  nothing  to  be  desired  —  except  flight,  and  I  may  safely 
say  that  the  forests  are  doing  quite  as  well.  In  fact  we  have  been 
forced  to  appoint  an  aged  gorilla  to  the  post  of  Inspector  of  Woods 
and  Forests,  as  our  own  men  never  turn  up.  ...  I  have  tried 
my  best  to  carry  out  the  Great  Scheme  of  a  native  Parliament,  but 

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as  every  M.  P.  has  perished  in  the  attempt  to  reach  us,  I  am 
afraid  we  must  give  it  up  at  present.  .  .  .  The  right  honourable 
representative  of  East  Soudan  has  arrived  after  a  five  years'  jour- 
ney, but  as  we  have  had  several  General  Elections  since  then,  I 
don't  know  whether  he  is  an  M.  P.  now."     Etc. 

Banzaboo,  Cannibal  Islands: 

'*....  Six  months  ago  we  were  expecting  a  batch  of  mis- 
sionaries sent  out  to  convert  us  to  Civilization.  They  succeeded 
admirably;  w^e  were  soon  able  to  prefer  the  morning  cocktail  to 
the  old-fashioned  mint  julep.  ...  A  month  after  the  generous 
strangers  had  departed  down  our  throats,  a  new  ship  hove  in 
sight."     Etc.,  etc. 

The  American  Pirates'  Trade  Union: 

*A  largely-attended  meeting  of  this  flourishing  and  influential 
association  was  held  last  night.  Mr.  H.  .  .  .  in  the  Chair.  .  .  . 
'Ladies  and  Gentlemen,  The  liberties  of  our  land  are  being  inter- 
fered w^ith.  The  Greedy  Britisher,  envious  of  our  cuteness,  wishes 
to  secure  our  birthright  ...  he  says,  in  a  disgusting  and  insult- 
ing manner,  that  if  we  want  books  we  must  pay  for  'em.'  .  .  . 
The  Chairman,  overcome  by  his  feelings  and  half  a  dozen  cock- 
tails, then  sat  down."     Etc.,  etc. 

Important  Stevenson  Letter 
54    AN  EXTRAORDINARY  A.  L.  S.  (with  two  ficti- 
tious signatures)  addressed  to  his  cousin,  Robert  A. 
M.  Stevenson,     2  pp.,  folio.     (Skerryvore,  Bourne- 
mouth, July,  1886.)  $175.00 

A  very  long  and  extraordinary  letter,  written  in  a  jocular  and 
very  free  and  easy  manner  to  his  cousin,  on  his  attempts  at  music; 
also  describing  a  practical  joke  he  had  perpetrated  and  referring 
to  the  financial  success  of  his  Kidnapped. 

About  this  time  Stevenson  was  very  much  taken  up  with  trying 
to  learn  something  of  the  theory  and  practice  of  music,  and  spent 
much  of  his  time  "pickling,"  as  he  called  it,  in  an  elementary 
manner  on  the  piano.  He  even  tried  his  hand  in  an  experimental 
way  at  composition,  and  had  sent  one  of  his  attempts  for  criticism 

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to  his  cousin,  Mr.  R.  A.  M.  Stevenson,  who  was  better  versed 
in  the  art. 

"There  may  be  hidden  fifths,  and  if  there  are  it  shows  how  dam 
spontaneous  the  thing  was.  I  could  tinker  and  tic-tac-toe  on  a 
piece  of  paper,  but  scorned  the  fact  with  a  Threnody,  which  was 
poured  forth  like  blood  and  water  on  the  groaning  organ.  If 
your  heart  (which  was  what  I  addressed)  remained  unmoved,  let 
us  refer  to  the  affair  no  more.  .    .   . 

'T  come  to  this  City  to-morrow  as  ever  was;  thence  to  Parrys 
gilded  balls,  or  vice  versa.  The  mind  is  in  my  case  shrunk  to 
the  size  and  sp.  gr.  of  an  aged  Spanish  filbert.  O  I  am  so  jolly 
silly.  I  think  pickling  a  pernicious  habit:  it  was  perhaps  pickling 
that  undermined  Donald  Dinny  of  caberous  and  scaberous  mem- 
ory. .  .  .  All  my  other  works  (of  which  there  are  many)  are 
either  arranged  (by  R.  L.  Stevenson)  for  the  manly  and  melodi- 
ous forefinger,  or  else  prolonged  and  melancholy  croppers.  I  find 
one  strange  difference  of  opinion  that  what  is  written  forte,  I  am 
in  nine  cases  out  of  12,  impelled  to  play  piano;  this  is  an  odd  in- 
version of  Henley's  state;  for  H.  the  letter  p.  exists  not;  it  puzzles 
me  very  much,  for  song  the  art  of  the  piano  shows  most  in  p.p. 
and  above  all  in  p.p.  and  presto  passages.  But  Henley's  instinct 
is  the  forte,  forte  en  grande.  I  find  one  can  get  a  notion  of  music 
very  nicely.  I  have  been  pickling  deeply  in  the  magic  flute;  and 
have  arranged  La  dove  prende,  almost  to  the  end,  for  two  melodi- 
ous forefingers.  I  am  next  going  to  score  the  really  nobler  Col- 
omba  o  tortorella  for  the  same  instruments. 

"This  day  is  published 

The  works  of  Ludwig  van  Beethoven 

arranged 

and  wiederdurchgearbeiteted 

for  two  melodious  forefingers 

by 

Sir, 

Your  obedient  servant 

Pimperley  Stipple. 

"I  yesterday  sent  Sam  by  parcel  post  at  great  expense,  an  empty 

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match  box,  an  empty  cigarette-paper  book,  a  bell  from  a  cat's 
collar,  an  iron  kitchen  spoon,  and  a  piece  of  coal  speeding  towards 
the  Silly  isles;  I  hope  he  will  find  them  useful,  By  that,  and  my 
telegram  with  prepaid  answer  to  yourself,  you  may  judge  of  my 
spiritual  state.  THE  FINANCES  HAVE  MUCH  BRIGHT- 
ENED, AND  IF  KIDNAPPED  KEEPS  ON  AS  IT  HAS  BE- 
GUN, I  MAY  BE  SOLVENT.     .     .     ." 

UNWIN'S  ANNUAL:   Markheim 

55  UNWIN'S  ANNUAL,  1886.  The  Broken  Shaft 
Tales  in  Mid-Ocean  Edited  by  Henry  Norman 
^Whimsies  of  wantons  and  stories  of  dread,  To  make 
the  stout-hearted  look  under  the  bed.'  Landor.  Lon- 
don.  T.  Fisher  Unwin   26  Paternoster  Square    1886. 

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Widener,  No.  77;  Prideaux,  No.  2,  p.  132;  Williamson,  No.  41. 
This  contains  a  short  story,  Markheim  (pp.  27-40),  by  Robert 
Louis  Stevenson,  with  an  illustration. 

Dr.  Jekyll  AND  Mr.  Hyde 

56  STRANGE  CASE  OF  DR.  JEKYLL  AND  MR. 
HYDE  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson  (Publishers' 
device).  London  Longmans,  Green,  and  Co.  1886. 
All  rights  reserved.  $20.00 

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''Jekyll  is  a  dreadful  thing,  I  own;  but  the  only  thing  I  feel 
dreadful  about  is  that  damned  old  business  of  the  war  in  the  mem- 
bers. This  time  it  came  out;  I  hope  it  will  stay  in,  in  future." 
—  R.  L.  S.  to  J.  A.  Symonds. 

A  copy  sold  at  the  Brayton  Ives  Sale  for  $25.00. 

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56a  STRANGE  CASE  OF  DR.  JEKYLL  AND  MR. 
HYDE.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  (Publish- 
ers' device).  London,  Longmans,  Green,  and  Co., 
1886.     All  rights  reserved.  $350.00 

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case  w^ith  an  extra  cloth  case. 

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Stevenson:  "S.  L.  Osbourne  Jan.  i,  1886  from  the  decrepid  Au- 
thor." 
Widener  No.  78;  Prideaux,  No.  17,  p.  42;  Williamson,  No.  42. 

From  the  Lloyd  Osbourne  sale. 

Kidnapped 

57  KIDNAPPED  Being  Memoirs  of  the  Adventures 
of  David  Balfour  In  the  Year  1751:  How  he  was 
Kidnapped  and  Cast  away;  his  Sufferings  in  a  Desert 
Isle;  his  Journey  in  the  Wild  Highlands;  his  Ac- 
quaintance with  Alan  Breck  Stewart  and  other  no- 
torious Highland  Jacobites;  with  all  that  he  Suffered 
at  the  hands  of  his  Uncle,  Ebenezer  Balfour  of 
Shaws,  falsely  so-called:  Written  by  Himself,  and 
now  set  forth.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  Cassell 
&  Company,  Limited:  MDCCCLXXXVI.  (All 
Rights  Reserved.)  $7.00 

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In  answer  to  a  straight  question  Stevenson  once  said  that  his 
favourite  among  his  books  was  Kidnapped.  "I  began  it  partly  as 
a  pot-boiler,  and  suddenly  it  moved,  David  and  Alan  stepped  out 
from  the  canvas,  and  I  found  I  was  in  another  world." 

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Some  College  Memories 

58  SOME  COLLEGE  MEMORIES  By  Robert  Louis 
Stevenson.  (Vignette  portrait  of  Professor  Kelland). 
Edinburgh:  Printed  for  Members  of  the  Univer- 
sity Union  Committee     1886.  $40.00 

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cover,  entirely  uncut. 

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This  little  volume  is  of  considerable  scarcity.  Issued  in  thick 
gray  hand-made  paper  wrappers,  with  the  title-page  reproduced 
upon  the  front. 

The  New  Amphion 

59  MOVIT   AMPHION    LAPIDES    CANENDO. 

The  New  Amphion  Being  the  Book  of  the  Edin- 
burgh University  Union  Fancy  Fair,  in  which  are 
contained  Sundry  artistick,  instructive,  and  diverting 
matters,  all  now  made  publick  for  the  first  time. 
(University  Press  mark).  Edinburgh  Imprinted 
at  the  University  Press  by  T.  and  A.  Constable,  Print- 
ers to  Her  Majesty  the  Queen.     1886.  $5.00 

The  First  Edition.     i6mo. 

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are  printed  on  Japanese  vellum. 

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The  Merry  Men 

60  THE  MERRY  MEN  and  Other  Tales  and  Fables. 
By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson     (Publishers'  device). 

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London  Chatto  and  Windus,  Piccadilly  1887   (The 
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was,  as  he  puts  it,  *a  fantasia,  or  vision  of  the  sea,'  and  was  de- 
signed to  express  the  feeling  of  the  West  Coast  of  Scotland  as  he 
conceived  it  in  accordance  with  the  memories  of  his  engineering 
days,  especially  the  weeks  spent  upon  the  island  of  Earraid." — 
Life  i,  189. 

Thomas  Stevenson,  Civil  Engineer 

61  THOMAS  STEVENSON,  Civil  Engineer  By 
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Memories  and  Portraits 

62  MEMORIES  &  PORTRAITS  By  Robert  Louis 
Stevenson  (Publishers'  device).  London  Chatto 
and  Windus,  Piccadilly    1887    All  Rights  Reserved. 

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Underwoods 

63  UNDERWOODS.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson. 
(Publishers'  device).  London  Chatto  &  Windus, 
Piccadilly    1887.  $350.00 

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The  First  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 
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"Dear  Dr.  Ruedi, 

You  can  read  one  line  in  the  dedication,  and  remember, 
Yours  sincerely, 

R.  L.  S." 
Beneath  this  is  the  impressed  stamp.     Dr.  C.  Ruedi. 
Widener,  No.  92;  Prideaux,  No.  23,  p.  53;  Williamson,  No.  55. 

After  travels  in  search  of  health  among  the  Alpine  heights, 
Davoz-Platz,  and  the  pine-woods  of  Bournemouth,  Stevenson  pens 
a  grateful  dedication  of  this  volume  to  those  members  of  the 
medical  profession  who  have  brought  him  "Comfort  and  Help," 
mentioning  no  fewer  than  ten  of  them  by  name.  The  one  line 
which  he  indicates  in  his  inscription  runs  thus: 

"To  Dr.  Karl  Ruedi  of  Davos,  the  good  genius  of  the  English 
in  his  frosty  mountains." 

A  LowDEN  Sabbath  Morn 

64  A  LOWDEN  SABBATH  MORN.  By  Robert 
Louis  Stevenson  Illustrated  by  A.  S.  Boyd.  Lon- 
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With  the  kind  regards 
of  the  Illustrator 
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Widener,  No.  95 ;  Prideaux,  p.  57. 

A  Lowden  Sabbath  Morn  appeared  first  in  "The  Scottish 
Church"  for  April,  1887,  then  in  "Underwoods,"  Part  II,  p.  89, 
etc.,   1887. 

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TiCONDEROGA 

65  TICONDEROGA.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson 
Printed  for  the  author  by  R.  &  R.  Clark  Edinburgh 
1887.  $80.00 

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distributed    in    accordance   with    the    Author's    instructions.     No 
copies  were  offered  for  sale. 

Papers  of  Fleeming  Jenkin 

66  PAPERS  LITERARY,  SCIENTIFIC,  &c.  By 
the  late  Fleeming  Jenkin,  F.R.S.,  LL.D.  Professor 
of  Engineering  in  the  University  of  Edinburgh.  Ed- 
ited by  Sidney  Colvin,  M.A.,  and  J.  A.  Ewing,  F.R. 
S.  With  a  Memoir  by  Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  In 
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and  Co.  and  New  York:  15  East  i6th  Street  1887. 
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67  MEMOIRS  OF  FLEEMING  JENKIN  By  Rob- 
ert Louis  Stevenson.  Longmans,  Green,  and  Co.  39 
Paternoster  Row,  London,  New  York,  Bombay,  and 
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Speculum  Universitatis 

68  SPECULUM  UNIVERSITATIS  Alma  Mater's 
Mirror.  Edited  by  Thomas  Spencer  Baynes  and 
Lewis  Campbell,  Professors  in  the  University  Saint 
Andrews.  1887.  Printed  by  T.  &  A.  Constable,  at 
the  Edinburgh  University  Press.     1887.  $6.00 

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inserted  illustrations. 

Widener,  No.  loi ;  Prideaux,  No.  6,  p.  137;  Williamson,  No.  47. 
Stevenson's  article,  The  House  Beautiful,  occupies  pp.  3,  4. 

Voluntaries 

69  VOLUNTARIES  FOR  AN  EAST  LONDON 
HOSPITAL  By  The  Earl  of  Lytton,  Bishop  of 
Bedford,  E.  M.  Abdy- Williams,  T.  Ashe,  C.  Ches- 
ton,  Mrs.  W.  K.  Clifford,  Austin  Dobson,  Arthur 
Gaye,  A.  Egmont  Hake,  T.  Gordon  Hake,  Mrs. 
Heckford,  W.  E.  Henley,  May  Kendall,  Andrew 
Lang,  Walter  Pollock,  F.  Mabel  Robinson,  Edward 
Rose,  Clement  Scott,  370,  Oxford  Street,  W.  1887 
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Stevenson's    Ad    Matrem    first    appeared    in    this    collection. 
Among   other   contributors   to   it   were   Austin    Dobson,    Andrew 
Lang,  Henley,  and  the  Earl  of  Lytton. 

The  Marriage  of  Cupid  and  Psyche 

70  THE  MOST  PLEASANT  AND  DELECTABLE 
TALE  OF  THE  MARRIAGE  OF  CUPID  AND 
PSYCHE.     Done  into  English  by  William  Adling- 

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ton  of  University  College  in  Oxford.  With  a  Dis- 
course on  the  Fable  by  Andrew  Lang,  late  of  Merton 
College  In  Oxford.  London,  M.D.CCCLXXXVII. 
Published  by  David  Nutt,  in  the  Strand.        $375.00 

Crown  8vo. 

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unopened  as  issued,  enclosed  in  a  full  red  levant  pull-off  case  by 
Riviere.     Etched  frontispiece  and  another  etching. 

Copy  of  Unique  Interest  having  inserted  the  original  Autograph 
Manuscript  of  several  of  the  Prefatory  Poems  contributed  by 
noted  Authors,  as  follows: 

(I)  Stevenson  (Robert  Louis)  :    The  Verses  addressed  by  him 

to  Andrew  Lang  and  consisting  of  seventeen  lines  in  blank  verse 

and  occupying  one  full  8vo  page.     Signed  in  full  at  end 

and  commences: 

"Robert  Louis  Stevenson" 

"To  Master  Andrew  Lang,  on  his  re  editing 

of   (here  the  name) 

You  that  are  much  a  fisher  in  the  pool" 

etc. 

Lang  has  drawn  his  pen  through  the  words 

"(Here  the  name)"  and  written  in  red 

"Cupid  and  Psyche" 

(II)  Kendall  (May)  :  The  Poem  by  her  entitled  The  New 
Psyche  consisting  of  four  verses  of  four  lines  each  and  commen- 

"Whither  goes  thou  elate 
In  thy  rich  array?"  etc. 

(III)  Mackail  (J.  W.)  :  Verses  entitled  Cupid  and  Psyche, 
consisting  of  four  verses  of  eight  lines  each,  commencing 

"Once  in  a  City  of  old 
Lived  a  King  and  Queen." 

(IV)  Locker- Lampson  (F.)  :  Lines  entitled  The  Cupid  of 
Today  —  two  verses  of  6  lines  each,  commencing 

"The  good  old  classic  mind  delights." 
The  printed  book  is  fully  described  by  Prideaux  in  his  Steven- 
son s  Bibliography    (pp.    135-7).     He  there  makes  a  special  note 

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concerning  R.  L.  S.'s  contribution  which  he  states  will  only  be 
found  in  one  copy  of  the  edition,  as  it  was  rigidly  suppressed  be- 
fore the  book  was  published.  The  Original  Manuscript  of  this 
important  cancelled  contribution  is  therefore  of  the  highest  interest. 

Group  of  Unpublished  Autogr^^ph  Letters  of  Rob- 
ert Louis  Stevenson,  1887- 1888 

71     SERIES  OF  AUTOGRAPH  fully  signed  Letters 
with    the    autograph    addressed    envelopes,    all    ad- 
dressed to  J.  T.  Mowbray  Esq.,  W.S.,  the  lawyer  of 
the  Stevenson  family, 
(i)      I  p.  8vo,  with  fly-leaf  and  envelope. 

**I  have  the  sorrow  to  tell  you  that  my  father  passed  away  this 
morning  without  having  regained  consciousness  or  apparently  suf- 
fered any  pain.     My  mother  as  yet  bears  up  bravely." 

Docketted  ^'recd.  8  May  1887" 

(2)  I  p.  4to,  with  fly-leaf,  and  envelope.  Lithograph- 
ed form  of  invitation  to  the  funeral.  Full  signature 
in  Autograph. 

Docketted  ^'Recd  10  May  1887." 

(3)  ip.  i2mo,  with  fly-leaf,  and  envelope  (note-pa- 
per with  crest). 

Docketted  ''Received.  9  May  1887"  (Proposing  to  hold 
meeting  of  Trustees,  &c.) 

(4)  ip.  i2mo,  with  fly-leaf,  and  envelope,  n.  d. 

"I  find  I  shall  not  be  able  to  leave  the  house  today,  but  I  sup- 
pose the  meeting  can  go  on  very  well  without  me."    &c. 

Not  docketted. 

(5)  I  p.  i2mo,  with  fly-leaf  and  envelope.  Signature 
cut  out  ''17  Heriot  Row,  May  10  88"  (error  in  date). 

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Docketted  ''lo  May  1887"  (As  to  meeting  of  Trustees 
to  be  held  after  funeral.) 

(6)  2pp.  i2mo,  with  the  envelope. 

"17  Heriot  Row, 
"May  17th  1887. 

"Will  you  kindly  announce  to  Cunningham  her  annuity?  We 
think  she  would  enjoy  it  better  in  a  lawyer's  communication. 

"My  mother  is  rather  hard  up  for  money.  I  suppose  some 
could  be  got  soon,  could  it  not?  Can  you  tell  me  how  much  my 
father  inherited  from  my  uncle  Robert?  Also  do  you  by  any 
chance  remember  the  names  of  the  battles  at  which  my  uncle  was 
present.  It  is  unfortunate  we  should  both  be  laid  up,  as  it  re- 
duces us  to  these  roundabout  communications."     &c. 

(7)  i/^PP-  Svo,  with  the  envelope. 

"i7j  Heriot  Row, 
"May  20th  1887 
"My  mother  bids  me  say  that  she  will  be  ready  for  the  valuation 
by  the  beginning  of  the  week.  .  .  .  What  steps  must  we  take  to 
get  the  plate  from  the  bank?  ...  the  sooner  we  can'  get  all  this 
put  in  train  the  sooner  I  shall  be  able  to  get  away  from  a  climate 
which  suits  me  but  imperfectly."    &c. 

(8)  ip.  8vo,  with  fly-leaf,  and  the  envelope,  n.  d.  (En- 
closes keys  of  plate  chest  and  receipt.) 

"I  have  to  thank  you  for  the  contract." 

Docketted  ^^Recd.  23  May  1887." 

(9)  3PP-  8vo   (closely  written). 

"17,  Heriot  Row, 
"May  26th  1887. 
"My  dear  Mr.  Mowbray, 

"I  have  been  puzzling  my  lay  head  over  the  will,  with  the  usual 
result  to  laymen,  considerable  confusion,  and  I  shall  be  much 
obliged  if  you  will  explain  a  few  points  to  me." 

Three  points  connected  with  his  father's  will,  and  his 

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mother's  settlement  are  put  following,  for  explana- 
tion; after  which  he  proceeds: 

"My  life,  perhaps  you  do  not  know,  is  of  the  most  insecure;  in  a 
very  different  sense  from  the  conventional,  I  may  die  at  any  mo- 
ment, and  I  shall  not  be  really  at  peace  until  I  have  made  the 
necessary  provisions  for  these  whom  I  should  leave  behind  me. 

"Perhaps  I  should  tell  you  that  my  mother  and  I  are  entirely 
agreed  as  to  the  terms  of  the  joint  will,  should  that  be  really  ad- 
visable; and  my  disposition,  should  I  make  one  singly,  would  be  to 
the  same  effect.  ...  a  man  in  my  state  of  health  is  bound  to  make 
sure  and  that  quickly."    &c. 

A  large  envelope,  docketted  "Reed  26  May,"  is  evi- 
dently the  one  for  this  letter. 

(10)  I  p.  8vo,  with  the  envelope. 

^      ^         ^  '  ^  "17  Heriot  Row, 

"May  28th.  1887. 
"Many  thanks  for  your  letter.    I  think  you  misunderstood  me,  I 
do  not  care  for  a  copy  of  the  will,  but  I  want  to  have  another  look 
at  it  at  once."     &c. 

(11)  2j^pp.  8vo,  with  the  envelope. 

"Saranac  Lake  Adirondacks  Mts.  N.  Y."  &c.  n.  d. 
"I  have  asked  that  my  last  volume  shall  be  forwarded  to  you  so 
that  you  may  have  in  a  permanent  shape  my  little  memorial  to  my 
father.  I  do  not  know  if  Robert  Hunter  was  a  friend  of  yours; 
if  so,  you  will  find  a  sketch  of  him  on  pp.  177-183.  ...  It  is  my 
purpose  to  write  a  sketch  of  my  family.  You  are  one  of  the  few 
who  can  help  me.  If  without  trouble  to  yourself,  you  could  write 
down  or  dictate  any  random  memories  of  my  grandfather  and  my 
uncles;  or  failing  that,  if  you  have  any  papers  you  could  place  at 
my  disposal,  you  would  do  me  a  service  in  a  very  serious  sense." 
(&c.  at  length.) 

Docketted  "Reed.  26  Dec.  87." 

(12)  3pp.     8vo,    wanting    the    envelope.     "Saranac 
Lake"  &c.     .     .     "Feb.  26th  1888."     After  propos- 

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ing  that  Charles  Baxter  shall  take  charge  of  money 
matters,  to  spare  Mr.  Mowbray  trouble: 

"I  have  fair  accounts  to  give  of  our  party;  my  mother,  w^ho  is 
about  to  go  down  to  Boston  for  a  day  or  two's  change  has  felt  the 
cold  a  little  but  seems  now  more  acclimated.  As  for  myself  I 
detest  but  I  believe  I  benefit  by  our  incredible  weather. 

"I  trust  you  may  be  able  to  find  something  about  my  grand- 
father, my  father,  and  my  uncles ;  any  old  letters  with  the  smallest 
tincture  of  familiarity  that  you  may  chance  to  have  preserved,  I 
should  like  well  to  see  and  would  willingly  pay  to  have  copied; 
and  for  any  reminiscences  (as  I  wrote  you  before)  I  should  be 
most  grateful,"  &c. 

(13)  2pp.  8vo,  with  the  envelope.  "17  Heriot  Row 
25th  May  1887."  Relates  to  the  House  in  Castle 
Street,  etc. 

"I  shall  let  you  have  the  will  in  a  few  days.  I  trust  you  are 
keeping  fairly  well;  as  for  me,  I  go  on  from  one  Catarrh  to  an- 
other, which  must  be  my  excuse  for  troubling  you  with  such  con- 
tinued letters." 

After  perusing  this  group  of  letters,  it  is  certain  that 
the  reader  will  agree  that  it  is  of  singular  interest; 
revealing  the  writer  under  the  bereavement  which 
can  only  come  once  in  a  life-time:  the  loss  of  his 
father.  While  the  letters  were  written  to  a  lawyer, 
and  mainly  on  business  matters,  that  lawyer  was  also 
a  friend  of  the  family;  and  in  Stevenson's  letters 
there  is  reading  between  the  lines. 

To  the  best  of  my  belief  none  of  them  has  been  pub- 
lished: at  any  rate  not  one  is  given  in  ^'Letters  of 
Robert  Louis  Stevenson  to  his  Family  and  Friends," 
the  two  volumes  edited  by  Sir  Sidney  Colvin  and 
published  in  1899. 
Price  for  the  collection  $1,400.00 

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The  Black  Arrow 

72  THE  BLACK  ARROW:  A  Tale  of  the  Two  Roses 
By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson,  Author  of  "Treasure 

Island,"  ''Kidnapped,"  &c.  Cassell  &  Company, 
Limited:  London,  Paris,  New  York  &  Melbourne. 
1888.  $6.00 

The  First  English  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 

Original  bright  scarlet  cloth  boards,  uncut. 

Widener,  No.  104;  Prideaux,  No.  26,  p.  60;  Williamson,  No.  61. 

The  Master  of  Ballantrae 

^1,  THE  MASTER  OF  BALLANTRAE,  A  Winter's 
Tale.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson,  Author  of  ''Kid- 
napped," "Treasure  Island,"  etc.,  etc.,  etc.  Cassell 
&  Company,  Limited:  London,  Paris,  New  York 
&  Melbourne.     1889.      (All  Rights  Reserved). 

$100.00 

The  First  Published  English  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 
Original  decorated  bright  red  cloth  boards,  uncut. 
"From  the  author"  (in  print) 
signed  in  autograph : 
"R.  L.  Stevenson." 
The  copy  presented  to  his  friend  Sir  Sidney  Colvin,  and  with  that 
gentleman's  autograph  on  the  half-title. 
Widener,  No.  107;  Prideaux,  p.  64;  Williamson,  No.  64. 

"I  am  on  the  jump  with  a  new  stor>'  which  has  bewitched  me  — 
I  doubt  it  may  bewitch  no  one  else.  It  is  called  The  Master  of 
Ballantrae  —  pronounce  Ballantray.  If  it  is  not  good,  well,  mine 
will  be  the  fault,  for  I  believe  it  is  a  good  tale." — R.  L.  S. 

73a  THE  MASTER  OF  BALLANTRAE.  A  Win- 
ter's Tale.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson,  Author  of 
"Kidnapped,"  "Treasure  Island,"  &c.,  &c.,  &c.    Cas- 

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WRITINGS     OF     R.     L.     STEVENSON 

sell   &   Company,    Limited:    London,    Paris,    New 
York  &  Melbourne,  1889.     (All  rights  reserved). 

$7.00 

The  First  Published  English  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 
Original  decorated  bright  red  cloth  boards,  uncut. 
Widener,  No.  107;  Prideaux,  p.  64;  Williamson,  No.  64. 

The  Wrong  Box 

74  THE  WRONG  BOX.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson. 
Author  of  ''Dr.  Jekyll  and  Mr.  Hyde,"  etc.,  and 
Lloyd  Osbourne.  London:  Longmans,  Green,  and 
Co.,  1889.  $6.00 

The  First  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 

Original  cloth  boards,  uncut. 

Widener,  No.  no;  Prideaux,  No.  29,  p.  67;  Williamson,  No.  68. 

Father  Damien 

75  With  Mr.  R.  L.  Stevenson's  Compliments.  FATH- 
ER DAMIEN:  An  Open  Letter  to  the  Reverend 
Dr.  Hyde  of  Honolulu  from  Robert  Louis  Steven- 
son.    Sydney.     1890.  $150.00 

The  First  Privately  Printed  Edition.     Crown  8vo,  pp.  32. 

Stitched  as  issued. 

Widener,  No.  113;  Prideaux,  No.  31,  p.  70;  Williamson,  No.  71. 

First  Privately  Printed  Edition,  a  pamphlet  of  32  pages  printed 
at  Sydney,  N.  S.  W.,  was  privately  issued  by  the  author  in  the  way 
of  presentation  copies  to  his  friends  and  acquaintances. 

It  is  only  right  to  state  (concerning  this  white-hot  splendour  of 
indignation),  on  the  authority  of  Sir  B.  Cusack-Smith,  that  Ste- 
venson said,  only  a  month  or  so  before  his  death,  that  he  regretted 
having  written  this  pamphlet  more  than  anything  else  he  had  ever 
written. 

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76  FATHER  DAMIEN.  An  Open  Letter  to  the 
Reverend  Doctor  Hyde  of  Honolulu  from  Robert 
Louis  Stevenson.  (Printers'  device).  Edinburgh: 
Privately  Printed.     1890.  $50.00 

The  Second  Privately  Printed  Edition.     Royal  8vo,  pp.  30. 
Original  white  Japanese  vellum  boards,  with  yellow  silk  ties.     In- 
laid Is  a  portrait  of  Father  Damien,  with  this  label,  "Presentation 
portrait,  not  to  be  bound  In." 
Widener,  No.  114;  Prideaux,  p.  71;  Williamson,  No.  72. 

This,  the  Second  Privately  Printed  Edition,  was  strictly  limited 
to  thirty  copies  printed  on  Japanese  paper,  for  subscribers  only. 
Of  the  thirty  copies  printed,  only  eighteen  were  offered  for  sale. 

77  FATHER  DAMIEN.  An  Open  Letter  to  the 
Reverend  Doctor  Hyde  of  Honolulu  from  Robert 
Louis  Stevenson.  (Ornament).  London,  Chatto 
and  Windus,  214  Piccadilly,  1890.  $3.00 

The  First  Published  Edition.     Crown  8vo,  pp.  32. 
Original  dark  brown  paper  wrappers,  uncut. 
Widener,  No.  115;  Prideaux,  p.  72;  Williamson,  No.  73. 
Reprinted  from  The  Scots  Observer. 

The  South  Seas 

78  IN  THE  SOUTH  SEAS.  Being  an  Account  of 
Experiences  and  Observations  in  the  Marquesas, 
Paumotus  and  Gilbert  Islands  in  the  course  of  two 
cruises,  on  the  Yacht  '^Casco"  (1888)  and  the  Schoon- 
er "Equator"  (1889).  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson. 
(Publishers'  device).  London:  Chatto  and  Win- 
dus.    1900.  $6.00 

The  First  English  Published  Edition.  Crown  8vo. 
Original  dark  blue  buckram  boards,  gilt  top,  uncut. 
Widener,  No.  119;  Prideaux,  p.  69. 

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WRITINGS     OF     R.     L.     STEVENSON 

Galley  Proof  of  In  the  South  Seas 

79  TEN  TWO-FOOT  LENGTHS  OF  GALLEY- 
PROOF  of  his  book,  'In  the  South  Seas,"  as  it  ap- 
peared in  "The  New  York  Sun,"  in  1891 ;  not  pub- 
lished in  Gt.  Britain  until  the  "Edinburgh  Edition" 
of  the  "Complete  Works"  appeared.  1891.  $1,000.00 

The  first  appearance  of  this  important  work  as  it  was  not  pub- 
lished in  Great  Britain  until  two  or  three  years  later  when  it  ap- 
peared in  the  Edinburgh  Edition  of  his  works. 

These  galley  sheets  are  very  fully  corrected,  and  there  are  sev- 
eral additions  in  autograph  as  well  as  passages  to  be  deleted,  which 
are  no  less  interesting. 

80  THE  PAGES  OF  "The  New  York  Sun"  for  May 
24,  Sept.  6,  13  and  20  which  contain  the  Contribu- 
tions of  Stevenson  to  those  Issues  of  the  paper  of  his 
Serial  "The  South  Seas,"  being  chapters  14,  and  48- 
51,  occupying  (including  8  woodcuts),  13J4  col- 
umns, 4  folios.     New  York,  1891.  $5.00 

Ballads 

81  BALLADS.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  (Pub- 
lishers' device).  London:  Chatto  &  Windus,  Pic- 
cadilly, 1890.  $500.00 

The  First  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 
Original  black  buckram  boards,  gilt  top,  uncut. 
Inscribed  upon   Stevenson's  card,  which  is,  in  the  manner  of  a 
book-plate,  affixed  inside  the  front  cover: 
"Offered  by  liberal 

[Robert  Louis  Stevenson, 

Skerry  vore.] 
to  dear  little 

Sidney  Colvin." 
The  words  not  within  the  brackets  are  in  Stevenson's  autograph. 

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82  BALLADS.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  (Pub- 
lishers' device).  London:  Chatto  and  Windus,  Pic- 
cadilly, 1890.  $6.00 

The  First  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 

Original  black  buckram  boards,  gilt  top,  uncut. 

Widener,  No.  120;  Prideaux,  No.  32,  p.  72;  Williamson,  No.  69. 

83  BALLADS.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  (Pub- 
lishers' device).  London:  Chatto  and  Windus,  Pic- 
cadilly, 1890.  $9.00 

Large  Paper  Edition.     4to. 

Original   white   buckram   boards,   uncut.     Printed   on   hand-made 

paper. 

Widener,  No.  121  ;  Prideaux,  p.  72. 

Only  100  copies  of  this  Large  Paper  Edition  have  been  printed. 

The  Wrecker 

84  THE  WRECKER.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson 
and  Lloyd  Osbourne.  Illustrated  by  William  Hole 
and  W.  L.  Metcalf.  Cassell  &  Company,  Limited: 
London,  Paris,  and  Melbourne.  1892.  (All  Rights 
Reserved).  $6.00 

The  First  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 

Original  cloth  boards,  uncut.     Illustrated  by  William  Hole  and 
W.  L.  Metcalf. 

Widener,  No.  124;  Prideaux,  No.  34,  p.  76;  Williamson,  No.  80. 
"As'  for  The  Wrecker,  it's  a  machine,  you  know  —  don't  expect 
aught  else  —  a  machine,  and  a  police  machine ;  but  I  believe  the 
end  is  one  of  the  most  genuine  butcheries  in  literature.  .  .  .  Our 
criminals  are  a  most  pleasing  crew,  and  leave  the  deck  with  scarce 
a  stain  upon  their  character." — R.  L.  S.  to  Henry  James. 

A  Footnote  to  History 

85  A  FOOTNOTE  TO  HISTORY.  Eight  Years  of 
Trouble   in    Samoa.     By   Robert  Louis   Stevenson. 

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WRITINGS     OF     R.     L.     STEVENSON 

Arma  Nondum  inexpiatis  uncta  cruoribus,  Pericu- 
losae  plenum  opus  aleae,  Tractas  et  incedis  per  ignes 
Suppositos  cineri  doloso.  Cassell  &  Company,  Lim- 
ited: London,  Paris  &  Melbourne.  1892.  (All 
Rights  Reserved).  $15.00 

The  First  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 

Original  dark  green  buckram  boards,  uncut. 

Widener,  No.  125;  Prideaux,  No.  35,  p.  78;  Williamson,  No.  77. 

Three  Plays 

86  THREE  PLAYS.  By  W.  E.  Henley  and  R.  L. 
Stevenson.  Deacon  Brodie,  Beau  Austin,  Admiral 
Guinea.  (Ornament).  London:  Published  by 
David  Nutt  in  the  Strand,  1892.  $5.00 

The  First  Collected  Edition  of  the  Three  Plays.     Crown  8vo. 

Original  green  cloth  boards,  gilt  top,  uncut. 

Widener,  No.  127;  Prideaux,  No.  36,  p.  78;  Williamson,  No.  78. 

87  THREE  PLAYS.  By  W.  E.  Henley  and  R.  L. 
Stevenson.  Deacon  Brodie,  Beau  Austin,  Admiral 
Guinea.  (Ornament).  London:  Published  by 
David  Nutt  in  the  Strand,  1892.  $40.00 

The  First  Collected  Edition.     8vo. 

Original  vellum,  uncut.     Special  issue  on  Japanese  vellum  paper. 

One  of  30  copies. 

An  Object  of  Pity 

88  AN  OBJECT  OF  PITY;  OR,  THE  MAN  HAG- 
GARD. A  Romance.  By  Many  Competent  Hands. 
Imprinted  at  Amsterdam.  $150.00 

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The  First  Edition.     Printed  at  Sydney  in  1892.     Crown  8vo,  pp. 
76. 

Original  parchment  wrappers,  gilt  edges  as  issued,  with  "An  Ob- 
ject of  Pity"  printed  in  gold  across  the  front  cover. 
Widener,  No.  130;  Prideaux,  No.  11,  p.  141 ;  Williamson,  No.  81. 

"Called  by  Mr.  Gosse  'the  most  unattainable  of  all  R.  L.  S.'s 
productions.'  This  was  a  series  of  short  stories  more  or  less  con- 
nected, written  by  Stevenson  and  his  friends  in  Samoa  in  1892. 
It  was  privately  printed,  in  a  very  small  number,  Mr.  Gosse  says, 
T  think  only  thirty-five,'  by  Lady  Jersey,  one  of  the  authors." — 
Hamerton's  "Stevensoniana."     1903. 

89  THE  WORKS  OF  ROBERT  LOUIS  STEVEN- 
SON. An  Object  of  Pity.  (Printers'  device). 
Edinburgh.  25  copies  privately  printed  by  T.  and 
A.  Constable,  Printers  to  Her  Majesty.  1898.  $100.00 

The  First  Edinburgh  Edition.     Crown  8vo,  pp.  68. 

Japanese  paper  sheets,  enclosed  in  the  original  white  cardboard 

case,  with  the  original  white  paper  label  on  the  back.     With  three 

colored  facsimiles  of  sketches  by  Isobel  Strong. 

Widener,  No.  131;  Prideaux,  p.  142. 

Twenty-five  copies,  all  told,  were  printed,  only  six  of  them  in 
this  luxurious  format  of  which  this  is  No.  3. 

The  whole  of  Tusitalas  Epicj  The  Samoa,  is  included  in  the 
book,  a  portion  below  the  illustration  at  p.  xii,  and  the  remainder 
forming  an  introduction  to  Chap.  II  (p.  30).  The  very  interest- 
ing Introduction  by  Lady  Jersey  details  the  circumstances  under 
which  the  work  was  composed  and  as  regards  this  special  edition 
adds  that  "Mr.  Blaikie,  on  behalf  of  Messrs.  Constable,  now  gen- 
erously proposes  to  present  to  the  writers  and  a  few  of  their  per- 
sonal friends,  a  private  reprint  of  the  booklet,  in  the  form  of  the 
Edinburgh  Edition." 

90  AN  OBJECT  OF  PITY  OR  THE  MAN  HAG- 
GARD.    By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson  and  five  of  his 

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friends.       New  York:   Dodd,   Mead  &  Company. 
1900.  $2.50 

The  First  American  Edition.     Crown  8vo,  pp.  68. 
Original  gray  paper  boards,  uncut,  with  the  original  white  paper 
label. 

Widener,  No.  132;  Prideaux,  p.  143. 
Only  no  copies  printed. 

War  in  Samoa 

91  WAR  IN  SAMOA.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson. 
London.  Reprinted  from  The  Pali  Mall  Gazette. 
September,  1893.  $3500 

The  First  Published  Edition.     Crown  Svo,  pp.  28. 
Original  bright  red  paper  wrappers,  with  title  on  front  cover. 
Widener,  No.  133;  Prideaux,  No.  37,  p.  80;  Williamson,  No.  84. 
A  grand  picture  of  semi-savage  life,  tempered  with  a  dash  of 
Western  civilization. 

Of  Samoan  Interest 

92  ORIGINAL  AUTOGRAPH  MUSICAL  MAN- 
USCRIPT Signed  of  his  Composition  entitled 
^^Nights  of  Vailima."  Consisting  of  some  twenty 
lines  on  2  pp.,  4to.  Hinged  in  a  sunk  mount,  and 
with  a  title-page,  bound  in  full  red  levant  morocco, 
gilt  edges,  lettered  on  front  and  back.  $160.00 

Entirely  In  the  composer's  hand,  and  signed  by  him  at  the  com- 
mencement "R.  L.  S."  Stevenson,  who  was  of  some  ability  as  a 
musician,  dedicates  this  composition  to  Vailima,  the  name  of  his 
Samoan  estate,  the  scene  of  many  of  his  later  and  finest  works, 
several  of  which  were  inspired  by  his  recent  Pacific  voyages  and 
experiences,  and  some  by  the  memories  and  associations  of  Scot- 
land, the  power  of  which  seemed  only  intensified  by  exile,  his 
strength  of  mind  rising  to  the  greatest  heights  notwithstanding  his 
physical  weaknesses. 

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From  Samoa 

93  A.  L.  S.  TO  EGAN  MEW,  ESQ.  i  page,  8vo. 
Vailima  Plantation,  7th  July,  1892.  With  address- 
ed envelope  bearing  Samoan  postage  stamp  and  post- 
marks, also  a  very  fine  impression  of  his  wax  seal. 

$85.00 

A  most  interesting  item  of  Stevenson-Samoain  interest. 

The  letter  is  signed  in  full,  and  reads:  "I  have  to  thank  you 
very  much  for  sending  me  your  article,  which  came  duly  to  hand 
and  afforded  me  amusement." 

The  Beach  of  Falesa.    Unique  Proof  Copy  with 
Author's  MS.  Corrections 

94  THE  BEACH  OF  FALESA,  Being  the  Narrative 
of  a  South  Sea  Trader,  and  The  Bottle  Imp.  By 
Robert  Louis  Stevenson,  Author  of  ^'Treasure  Is- 
land," ^'Kidnapped,"  etc.  Cassell  &  Company,  Lim- 
ited: London,  Paris  &  Melbourne.  1892.  (All 
Rights  Reserved).  $3,250.00 

Proof  copy,  crown  8vo. 

In  the  original  dark  green  buckram,  uncut,  enclosed  in  a  full  dark 
brown  levant  spring  case  by  Riviere.  With  twenty  illustrations 
and  map. 

This  appears  never  to  have  been  published  until  1893,  when  the 
above  title,  after  having  been  corrected  in  minor  particulars,  was 
altogether  cancelled,  and  a  new  one  substituted,  under  which  it 
appeared  as:  Island  Nights'  Entertainments,  consisting  of  The 
Beach  of  Falesa  and  the  Isle  of  Voices  By  Robert  Louis  Steven- 
son. 

This  corrected  title  is  pinned  inside  the  book,  and  is  in  the  auto- 
graph of  Sidney  Colvin,  and  in  the  text  of  the  book,  besides  many 
alterations  in  punctuation,  there  are  several  important  verbal  sub- 
stitutions  to   the   tw^o   leading  stories.     The  Isle   of   Voices   does 

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•ried  liira  on 
sliip  was  full  of  Haoles-T^^;w1ilfce^^^'ho  had  been 
to  visit  the  volcano,  as  their  custom  is  ;  and  the 
midst  was  crowded  with  Klanakas,  and  the  fore- 
part with  wild  bulls  from  Hiio  and  horses  from 
Kau ;  but  Keawe  sat  apart  from  all  in  his  sor- 
row, and  vvat<!}ied  for  the  house  of  Kiano.  There 
it  sat^low  upon  the  sliore  in  the  black  rocks,  and 
shaded  by  the  cojfo^  palms,  and  there  by  the 
door  was  a  red  holoku,  no  greater  than  a  fly, 
and  g^ing  to  and  fro  with  a  fly's  bu.«5}naess. 
•Ah,  queen  of  my  heart,"  he  cried,  "I'll  venture 
my  dear  soul  to  win  you !  " 

Soon  after,  darkness  fell,  and  the  cabins  were 
lit  up,  and  the  Haoles  sat  and  played  at  the 
cards  and  drank  whiskey  m  their  custom  is ;  but 
Keawe  walked  the  deck  all  night;  and  all  the 
next  day,  as  they  steamed  under  the  lee  of  Maui 
or  oi  Molokai,  he  was  still  pacing  to  and  fro  like 
a  wild  aniaial  in  a  menagerie. 

Towards  evening  they  passed  Diamond 
Head,  and  came  to  the  pfer  of  Honolulu 
Keawe  stepped  out  among  the  crowd  and  began 
to  ask  for  Iiopaka.     It  seemed  he  had  become 


See  No.  94 


WRITINGS     OF     R.      L.     STEVENSON 

not  appear  in  this  copy,  its  inclusion  having  been  determined  upon 

after  the  arrival  of  this  volume  in  London. 

SEE  NEXT  NUMBER  IN  THIS  CATALOGUE. 

95  UNIQUE  or  A  Description  of  a  Proof  Copy  of  The 
Beach  of  Falesa,  Containing  over  loo  Manuscript 
Changes.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  Chicago, 
1 9 14.  $30.00 

The  First  Edition.     Crown  8vo,  pp.  40. 

Original  half  cloth,  board  sides,  paper  label,  uncut  and  unopened. 
Printed  on  handmade  paper.  With  facsimile  of  the  title  page  of 
The  Beach  of  Falesd,  showing  corrections,  as  frontispiece. 

A  bibliographical  and  descriptive  account  of  the  unique  proof 
copy  of  the  volume  which  was  eventually  published  under  the  title 
of  Island   Nights^  Entertainments,   by    Robert    Louis   Stevenson. 

The  proof  copy  —  a  complete  volume  with  title  page,  illustra- 
tions, etc.,  containing  The  Beach  of  Falesd  and  The  Bottle 
Imp  —  was  sent  out  to  Stevenson  in  Samoa  for  final  changes  and 
corrections.  He  made  over  one  hundred  of  these  in  the  text  of 
the  two  stories,  directed  that  a  third  one  —  The  Isle  of  Voices 
— 'be  added,  and  suggested  to  Mr.  Sidney  Colvin  that  the  three 
be  issued  under  the  title  of  Island  Nights'  Entertainments. 

The  brochure  gives  the  story  of  the  details  connected  with  this 
interesting  and  attractive  piece  of  Stevensoniana,  together  with  a 
complete  list  of  the  manuscript  changes,  corrections,  and  additions 
made  by  Stevenson  in  the  proof  copy. 

This  edition  w^as  privately  printed  and  limited  to  twenty-seven 
copies  of  which  twenty  were  for  sale,  each  copy  numbered  and 
signed  by  the  publisher. 

Island  Nights'  Entertainments 

96  ISLAND     NIGHTS'     ENTERTAINMENTS, 

consisting  of  ^The  Beach  of  Falesa,"  ^The  Bottle 
Imp,"  'The  Isle  of  Voices."     By  Robert  Louis  Stev- 

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enson.  With  illustrations  by  Gordon  Browne  and 
W.  Hatherell.  Cassell  &  Company,  Limited.  Lon- 
don, Paris  &  Melbourne,  1893.  (^^1  Rights  Re- 
served). $5.00 

The  First  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 

Original  light  blue  cloth  boards,  uncut.     With  twenty-seven  illus- 
trations. 
Widener,  No.  134;  Prideaux,  No.  38,  p.  81 ;  Williamson,  No.  83. 

"Great  novelists  we  have  had,  but  only  one  man  who  could  give 
us  the  Isle  of  Voices,  of  all  his  gems  the  fairest,  rarest,  most 
imperishable." — E.  Purcell. 


Catriona 

97  CATRIONA.  A  Sequel  to  '^Kidnapped."  Being 
Memoirs  of  the  Further  Adventures  of  David  Bal- 
four at  Home  and  Abroad.  In  which  are  set  forth 
his  Misfortunes  anent  the  Appin  Murder;  his  Trou- 
bles with  Lord  Advocate  Grant;  Captivity  on  the 
Bass  Rock;  Journey  into  Holland  and  France;  and 
singular  Relations  with  James  More  Drummond  or 
MacGregor,  a  Son  of  the  notorious  Rob  Roy,  and 
his  Daughter  Catriona.  Written  by  Himself,  and 
now  set  forth  by  Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  Cassell 
&  Company,  Limited.  London,  Paris  &  Melbourne. 
1893.     All  rights  reserved.  $5.00 

The  First  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 

Original  dark  blue  cloth  boards,  uncut. 

Widener,  No.  135;  Prideaux,  No.  39,  p.  83;  Williamson,  No.  82. 

^^ Catriona  —  that  pearl  of  maidenhood,  whom  Viola  and  Per- 
dita  would  have  as  their  very  sister." — ^Wm.  Archer. 

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The  Ebb-Tide 

98  ORIGINAL    AUTOGRAPH    MANUSCRIPT. 

Clean  ''Copy"  ready  for  Press,  of  the  entire  Chapter 
X  of  The  Ebb-Tide,  entitled,  'The  Open  Door."  9 
folio  leaves,  with  author's  final  corrections,  in  very 
excellent  state.  $1,000.00 

This  is  an  unbroken  chapter  of  great  interest  and  value.  It 
would  be  superfluous  to  comment  at  length  upon  its  supreme  at- 
tractiveness to  the  Stevenson  collector. 

99  THE  EBB-TIDE.  A  Trio  and  Quartette.  By 
Robert  Louis  Stevenson  and  Lloyd  Osbourne.  "There 
is  a  tide  in  the  affairs  of  men."  London,  William 
Heinemann.     MDCCCXCIV.  $5.00 

The  First  English  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 

Original  light-copper  colored  imitation  silk  boards,  uncut. 

Widener,  No.  136;  Prideaux,  No.  40,  p.  86;  Williamson,  No.  85. 

100  THE  EBB-TIDE.  A  Trio  &  Quartette.  By  Rob- 
ert Louis  Stevenson  &  Lloyd  Osbourne.  "There  is 
a  tide  in  the  affairs  of  men."  (Publishers'  device  in 
red).  Stone  &  Kimball,  Chicago  &  Cambridge, 
MDCCCXCIV.  $3.00 

The  First  American  Edition.      i2mo. 

Original  decorated  green  cloth  boards,  gilt  top,  uncut. 

Widener,  No.  137 ;  Williamson,  No.  86. 

Unpublished  MS 

loi  THE  ORIGINAL  AUTOGRAPH  UNPUB- 
LISHED MS.  of  an  unfinished  story  of  Scotch  life, 
entitled  'The  Go-Between,"  extending  to  12  folio 
pages,  and  written  at  Samoa,  1893-4.     Handsomely 

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bound  in  full  levant  morocco  (with  typed  transcript 
inserted)  and  lettered  on  side  and  back.  $550.00 

This  most  interesting  original  MS.  story,  one  of  the  very  last 
which  Stevenson  put  his  hand  to,  and  which  he  never  lived  to 
complete,  is  referred  to  by  him  in  a  letter  he  wrote  to  his  friend 
Sidney  Colvin,  in  May,  1893.  Stevenson  says:  "Then  there's 
the  Go-Between,  which  is  not  impossible  altogether." 

The  manuscript  comprises  the  first  two  chapters,  but  has  in  addi- 
tion the  headings  for  eleven  chapters,  also  two  full  pages  of  prefa- 
tory remarks. 

The  story  is  a  Scotch  boy's  romance,  and  judging  from  these 
first  two  chapters,  would  have  equalled  if  not  eclipsed  Kidnapped 
for  interest. 

The  Chapter  headings  given  by  Stevenson  are: 

"i. — An  Angel's  Visit. 

"2. — ^Another. 

"3. — An  Errand  given. 

"4. — Anchentinny. 

"5. — Capture  and  Examination — Francis  the  liar. 

"6. — Francis  the  Go-between. 

"7. — The  Go-between  speaks  for  himself. 

"8. — ^A  quarrel — well,  Fve  nothing  to  lose  or  gain  now,  and  FU 
ever  do  my  duty. 

"9. — Result  of  the  Go-Between — ^Jimsie  intervening. 

"10. — ^Anchentinny  again. — Thrashed  by  the  same  person  who 
wrote  the  letter.  .  .  . 

"II. —The  Lea-head." 

The  MS.  is  in  Stevenson's  characteristic  hand,  with  numerous 
autographic  corrections  by  him  in  the  text,  and  a  full  typed  tran- 
script extending  to  as  many  as  20  folio  pages  has  been  made  and 
bound  up  with  it. 

The  Idler:  My  First  Book 

102  THE  IDLER,  August,  1894.  $1.50 

8vo. 

Original  paper  wrappers. 
Widener,  No.  138. 

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Pp.  3-1 1  are  occupied  by  Stevenson's  article  My  First  Book, 
which  is  illustrated  by  A.  S.  Boyd.  The  author  refers  to  Treas- 
ure Island,  his  first  novel. 

My  First  Book 

103  MY  FIRST  BOOK.  The  Experiences  of  Walter 
Besant,  James  Payn,  W.  Clark  Russell,  Grant  Allen, 
Hall  Caine,  Geroge  R.  Sims,  Rudyard  Kipling,  A. 
Conan  Doyle,  M.  E.  Braddon,  F.  W.  Robinson,  H. 
Rider  Haggard,  R.  M.  Ballantyne,  L  Zangwill, 
Morley  Roberts,  David  Christie  Murray,  Marie 
Corelli,  Jerome  K.  Jerome,  John  Strange  Winter, 
Bret  Harte,  ''Q,"  Robert  Buchanan,  Robert  Louis 
Stevenson.  With  an  Introduction  by  Jerome  K.  Je- 
rome and  185  illustrations.  London:  Chatto  &  Win- 
dus,  Piccadilly,  1894.  $5.00 

The  First  Edition.     Large  8vo. 

Original  light  blue  buckram  boards,  uncut. 

Widener,  No.  139;  Prideaux,  No.  12,  p.  143  ;  Williamson,  No.  88. 

Edinburgh  Edition 

104  COMPLETE  WORKS,  LETTERS,  LIFE,  AND 
STEVENSONIANA,  comprising  his  Romances, 
Tales  and  Fantasies,  South  Sea  Yarns,  Travels  and 
Excursions,  Juvenilia,  Lay  Morals,  Prayers,  Moral 
Emblems,  and  Miscellanies.  28  vols.;  also  his  Let- 
ters to  His  Family  and  Friends,  edited  by  Sidney 
Colvin,  2  vols. ;  his  Life  by  Graham  Balfour,  2  vols. ; 
and  Stevensoniana,  by  J.  A.  Hammerton,  i  vol.;  to- 
tal 33  vols.     Edinburgh:  1 894-1901.  $450.00 

The  Edinburgh  Edition.     8vo. 

In   the  original   dark   red   art   linen   binding,   with   paper   labels. 

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Beautifully  printed  in  large  type  on  choice  paper  by  T.  &  A.  Con- 
stable. 

This  splendid  Edition  De  Luxe  is  the  most  coveted  edition  of 
Stevenson's  works,  and  at  the  same  time  one  of  the  rarest  of  mod- 
ern books.  In  the  matter  of  type,  form,  and  paper  the  volumes 
are  all  that  could  be  desired,  and  the  whole  set  presents  upon  the 
shelf  a  series  of  volumes  stately,  dignified,  in  perfect  harmony  with 
the  many  brilliant  flowers  of  literature  which  they  enshrine,  and 
such  a  series  as  every  enthusiastic  admirer  of  Stevenson  regards 
with  pride.  Only  1035  sets  were  printed,  all  of  which  were  ab- 
sorbed by  subscription,  and  the  few  copies  which  have  changed 
hands  have  commanded  high  prices.  The  volumes  are  illustrated 
with  portraits,  maps,  and  facsimiles  taken  off  on  Japanese  vellum, 
and  the  rare  Davoz-Platz,  and  other  brochures,  are  reproduced  in 
exact  facsimile  of  the  originals.  It  will  be  noticed  that  this  set 
has  Stevenson's  Letters  and  Life,  published  independently  of  the 
works,  but  in  uniformity  with  them,  both  being  First  Editions, 
with  the  cancelled  end-papers.  It  has  also  the  volume  of  Steven- 
soniana. 

Vailima  Letters 

105  VAILIMA  LETTERS.  Being  Correspondence 
addressed  by  Robert  Louis  Stevenson  to  Sidney  Col- 
vin,  November,  1890-October,  1894.  London:  Me- 
thuen  and  Co.,  36  Essex  Street  1895.  $5.00 

The  First  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 

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Widener,  No.  142. 

106  VAILIMA  LETTERS.  Being  Correspondence 
Addressed  by  Robert  Louis  Stevenson  to  Sidney  Col- 
vin  November  1890-October  1894.  London:  Me- 
thuen  and  Co.  36  Essex  Street  1895.  $10.00 

Large  Paper  Copy.     8vo. 

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Original  terra-cotta-colored  buckram  boards,  paper  label,  gilt  top, 
uncut.     With  three  portraits. 

Large  Paper  Copy,  limited  to  125  copies. 

The  Amateur  Emigrant 

107  THE  AMATEUR  EMIGRANT.  From  the  Clyde 
to  Sandy  Hook.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  Chi- 
cago, Stone  and  Kimball,  MDCCCXCV.  $2.00 

The  First  American  Edition.     i2mo. 

Original  light  green  buckram  boards,  gilt  top,  uncut. 

Widener,  No.  144;  Williamson,  No.  90. 

"Here  and  there,  I  fancy,  you  will  laugh  as  you  read  it;  but  it 
seems  to  me  rather  a  clever  book  than  anything  else;  the  book  of  a 
man,  that  is,  who  has  paid  a  great  deal  of  attention  to  contem- 
porary life,  and  not  through  the  newspapers." — R.  L.  S.  to  Sidney 
Colvin. 

Weir  of  Hermiston 

108  WEIR  OF  HERMISTON.  An  Unfinished  Ro- 
mance by  Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  (Fleuron  in  red.) 
London:  Chatto  and  Windus,  Piccadilly,  1896.  $5.00 

The  First  Published  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 
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able. The  world  which  does  not  care  about  fragments,  will  not 
often  read  Weir  of  Hermiston^  but  for  artists  it  will  remain  a 
monument." — Stephen  Gwynn. 

Songs  of  Travel 

109  SONGS  OF  TRAVEL  AND  OTHER  VERSES 

by  Robert  Louis  Stevenson.      (Publishers'  device). 

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London:  Chatto  and  Windus,  Piccadilly,  1896.  $6.00 

The  First  Edition.     Crown  8vo,  pp.  88. 

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Widener,  No.  150;  Prideaux,  No.  44,  p.  93;  Williamson,  No.  loi. 

Familiar  Epistle 

no  FAMILIAR  EPISTLE  IN  VERSE  AND 
PROSE.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  London: 
Printed  for  Private  Distribution.     1896.  $25.00 

The  First  Edition.     Small  8vo,  pp.  20. 

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copies  were  printed. 

Widener,  No.  151 ;  Prideaux,  No.  45,  p.  96;  Williamson,  No.  96. 

A  Mountain  Town  in  France 

11 1  A  MOUNTAIN  TOWN  IN  FRANCE.  A  Frag- 
ment by  Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  With  Five  Illus- 
trations by  the  Author.  (Ornament).  John  Lane: 
The  Bodley  Head.     New  York  and  London,  1896. 

$7.50 

The  First  Edition.     Crown  8vo,  pp.  46. 

Original  gray  paper  wrappers,  uncut. 

Widener,  No.  152;  Prideaux,  No.  46,  p.  97;  Williamson,  No.  100. 

St.  Ives 

112  ST.  IVES.  Being  The  Adventures  of  a  French 
Prisoner  in  England.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson. 
London,  William  Heinemann,  1898.  $4.00 

The  First  English  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 

Original  slate  colored  cloth  boards,  uncut. 

Widener,  No.  156;  Prideaux,  No.  47,  p.  98;  Williamson,  No.  105. 

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Birthday  Book 

113  THE  STEVENSON  BIRTHDAY  BOOK. 
Thoughts  and  Aphorisms.  For  every  day  in  the 
Year,  from  the  Works  of  Robert  Louis  Stevenson. 
London:  Marcus  Ward  &  Co.,  Limited.  Belfast, 
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The  First  Edition.     i6mo. 

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Aes  Triplex 

114  AES  TRIPLEX.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson. 
Printed  For  The  American  Subscribers  to  The  Stev- 
enson Memorial.     MDCCCXCVIII.  $30.00 

8vo,  pp.  28. 

Original   white   parchment  wrappers,    uncut.     Beautiful   portrait 
before  letters,  on  Japanese  paper,  and  facsimile  of  his  signature. 
Signed  in  autograph:     "Charles  Fairchild  Chn"   (Chairman). 
Widener,  No.  159;  Williamson,  No.  108. 

"This  Copy,  printed  for  Sidney  Colvin,  is  one  of  an  edition,  lim- 
ited to  one  hundred  and  sixty,  printed  for  the  American  subscrib- 
ers of  ten  dollars  or  more  to  the  Robert  Louis  Stevenson  Memorial 
Fund." 

115  AES  TRIPLEX.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson. 
(Ornament).  New  York,  Charles  Scribner's  Sons, 
1901.  $1.00 

i2mo. 

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Three  Short  Poems 

ii6  THREE  SHORT  POEMS  by  Robert  Louis  Stev- 
enson. London,  Printed  for  Private  Distribution 
only.     1898.  $25.00 

The  First  Edition.     Small  8vo,  pp.  26. 

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facsimile  from  the  MS. 

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This  is  No,  3  of  thirty  copies  printed. 

117  THREE  SHORT  POEMS.  By  Robert  Louis 
Stevenson.    (Printer's  device).  Chicago,  1902.  $2.50 

8vo,  pp.  unnumbered. 

Original  brown-colored  boards,  uncut.     With  facsimiles. 

Large  Paper  Copy  of  which  only  150  copies  have  been  printed 
at  the  "Old  Dominion  Shop."  These  verses  were  written  by  Mr. 
Stevenson  about  1873  and  presented  to  an  intimate  friend,  from 
whom  the  original  manuscripts  were  obtained.  Thirty  copies  of 
the  poems  were  printed  during  1898  by  the  owner  of  the  manu- 
scripts, but  not  distributed,  the  publication  being  unauthorized. 

The  Letters  of  Robert  Louis  Stevenson 

118  THE  LETTERS  of  Robert  Louis  Stevenson  to  his 
Family  and  Friends  selected  and  edited  with  Notes 
and  Introductions  by  Sidney  Colvin.  Volume  L 
London,  Methuen  and  Co.,  36  Essex  Street,  1899. 

$25.00 
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Widener,  No.  161;  Prideaux,  No.  49,  p.   lOO;  Williamson,  No. 
III. 

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119  THE  LETTERS  of  Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  Ed- 
ited by  Sidney  Colvin.  A  New  Edition.  Rear- 
ranged in  Four  Volumes  With  150  New  Letters,  Vol. 
I,  1868-1880;  (Vol  II,  1880-1887;  VoL  III,  1887- 
1891;  VoL  IV,  1891-1894).  Methuen  &  Co.,  Ltd., 
36  Essex  Street,  W.   C.     London.     Four  volumes. 

$15.00 

4  vols.,  i2mo. 

New  half  red  morocco  gilt,   gilt  tops,  uncut.     With  portrait  of 

Stevenson  in  each  volume. 

Widener,  No.  162. 

A  Stevenson  Medley 

120  A  STEVENSON  MEDLEY.  (Vignette).  Chat- 
to  and  Windus,  1899.  $12.00 

The  First  Edition.     8vo,  pp.  52. 

Original  binding,   half  morocco   and  cloth  sides,   gilt  top,  uncut. 
Portrait  of  Stevenson.     Inserted  at  the  end  are  a  number  of  fac- 
similes, with  numerous  woodcuts,  printed  from  the  original  wood 
blocks,  2  facsimiles  of  MS.,  etc. 
Widener,  No.  166;  Prideaux,  No.  50,  p.  106. 

Only  300  copies  printed. 

The  above  volume  contains  impressions  of  the  various  "Davos 
Press"  productions  (playful  verses  and  woodcuts,  including  in 
addition  some  never  hitherto  published),  also  two  Moral  Tales 
arising  out  of  these  productions;  further  the  Charity  Bazaar, 
Lighthouse  Verses,  2  Technical  Papers  contributed  to  Edinburgh 
Scientific  Societies,  an  Ethical  Fragment  (hitherto  unpublished), 
Reflexions  and  Remarks  on  Human  Life,  The  Ideal  House,  and 
the  hitherto  unpublished  Preface  to  the  Master  of  Ballantrae. 

The  publishers  having  undertaken  that  no  future  impression 
shall  be  issued,  the  above  volume,  containing  as  it  does  the  very 
rarest  and  most  inaccessible  of  Stevenson's  writings,  will  always 
be  of  permanent  interest. 

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The  Morality  of  the  Profession  of  Letters 

121  THE  MORALITY  OF  THE  PROFESSION  OF 
LETTERS.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  (Print- 
ers' device  in  red).  Gouverneur.  New  York, 
Brothers  of  the  Book.     MDCCCXCIX.  $2.50 

The  First  Separate  Edition.     32mo,  pp.  52. 

Original   black   buckram   boards,   uncut.     Printed   on    handmade 

paper. 

Widener,  No.  167. 

Limited  to  299  copies.  A  very  interesting  essay  originally  pub- 
lished in  The  Fortnightly  Review  for  April,  1881,  and  has  not 
appeared  otherwise  in  book  form  except  in  Stevenson's  Collected 
Works.     A  Stevenson  first  edition. 

A  Christmas  Sermon 

122  A  CHRISTMAS  SERMON.  By  Robert  Louis 
Stevenson.  (Vignette) .  New  York,  Charles  Scrib- 
ner's  Sons,  1900.  $5.00 

The  First  Separate  Edition.     i2mo,  pp.  26. 
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Widener,  No.  169. 

Tales  and  Fantasies 

123  TALES  AND  FANTASIES.  By  Robert  Louis 
Stevenson.  (Publishers'  device).  London,  Chatto 
&  Windus,  1905.  $5.00 

The  First  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 

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Widener,  No.  173. 

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Essays  of  Travel 

124  ESSAYS  OF  TRAVEL.  By  Robert  Louis  Steven- 
son. (Publishers'  device).  London,  Chatto  & 
Windus,  1905.  $3.00 

The  First  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 

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Widener,  No.  174. 

Essays  in  the  Art  of  Writing 

125  ESSAYS  IN  THE  ART  OF  WRITING.  By  Rob- 
ert Louis  Stevenson.  (Publishers'  device).  Lon- 
don, Chatto  &  Windus,  1905.  $3.00 

Crown  8vo. 

Original  dark  blue  buckram  boards,  gilt  top,  uncut. 

Widener,  No.  175. 

The  Pentland  Edition 

126  WORKS.     London,  1906.  $150.00 

The  Pentland  Edition.     20  vols.,  8vo. 

Original  blue  buckram  boards,  gilt  lettered,  uncut. 

Comprising: 

Vol.    I.      An    Inland    Voyage.  Vol.    4.      The    New    Arabian 
Travels  with   a  Donkey.     A  Nights.     The  Story  of  a  Lie. 

Mountain  Town  in  France:  Vol.  5.    Treasure  Island.   Will 
Picturesque  Notes.  o'  the  Mill.     The  Treasure 

Vol.    2.      The   Amateur    Emi-  of  Franchard. 

grant:  Old  and  New.   Pacific  Vol.   6.     Strange  Case  of   Dr. 
Capitals.   The   Silverado  Jekyll    and    Mr.    Hyde. 

Squatters.     Virginibus   Puer-  Thrawn  Janet.     The  Merry 

isque;  and  other  Papers.  Men.      More    New   Arabian 

Vol.    3.      Familiar    Studies    of  Nights.      The    Dynamiter. 

Men  and  Books.    The  Body-  Vol.    7.      Prince    Otto.      The 
Snatcher.  Wrong  Box. 

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Vol.  8.  The  Black  Arrow. 
Markheim.  The  Misadven- 
tures of  John  Nicholson. 

Vol.  9.  Memories  and  Por- 
traits. Memoirs  of  Fleeming 
Jenkin,  F.R.S.,  LL.D. 

Vol.  10.  Kidnapped.  Catriona, 
Part  I. 

Vol.  II.  Catriona,  Part  II. 
The  Master  of  Ballantrae. 

Vol.  12.  The  Wrecker.  Writ- 
ten in  Collaboration  with 
Lloyd  Osbourne. 

Vol.  13.  A  Child's  Garden  of 
Verses.  Underwoods.  Bal- 
lads. Songs  of  Travel.  Ad- 
ditional Poems. 

Vol.  14.  Deacon  Brodie.  Beau 
Austin.  Admiral  Guinea. 
Macaire. 


Vol.  15.  Records  of  a  Family 
of  Engineers.  Additional 
Memories  and  Portraits. 
Later  Essays.  Lay  Morals. 
Prayers  Written  for  Use  at 
Vaillma. 

Vol.  16.  A  Footnote  to  His- 
tory. Island  Nights'  Enter- 
tainments. Olalla.  Heather- 
cat. 

Vol.    17.      In   the   South   Seas. 

Letters  from   Samoa. 
Vol.  18.    The  Ebb  Tide.  Weir 

of    Hermiston.       The   Great 

North    Road.      The    Young 

Chevalier. 
Vol.  19.     Saint  Ives. 
Vol.  20.     Juvenilia,  and  other 

Papers.    Fables.    The  Davos 

Press. 


The  Sea  Fogs 

127  THE  SEA  FOGS.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson 
with  an  Introduction  by  Thomas  Rutherford  Bacon. 
The  Photogravure  Frontispiece  after  a  Painting  by 
Albertine  Randall  Wheelan  (ornament).  Paul  El- 
der and  Company.  San  Francisco  and  New  York 
(1907).  $3.50 

The  First  Edition.     i2mo,  pp.  24. 

Original    boards,    vellum    back,    gilt   top,    uncut.     Printed    upon 

Fabrlano  handmade  paper. 

Of  this  edition  1,000  copies  have  been  printed.  The  typography 
designed  by  J.  H.  Nash. 

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Lay  Morals 

128  LAY  MORALS  AND  OTHER  PAPERS.     By 

Robert  Louis  Stevenson.      (Printers'  device) .     Lon- 
don, Chatto  &  Windus,  191 1.  $4.00 

The  First  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 

Original  dark  blue  buckram  boards,  gilt  top,  uncut. 

The  Swanston  Edition 

129  WORKS   COMPLETE,  vv^ith  an  introduction  by 
Andrew  Lang.     London,   1911-1912.  $75.00 

The  Swanston  Edition.     25  vols.,  crown  8vo. 

In  the  original  red  buckram,  gilt  tops,  uncut.     Elegantly  printed 

on  laid  paper,  with  a  frontispiece  to  each  volume. 

Comprises : 
Vol.    I.      Introduction   by   An-      Vol.  6.     Treasure  Island.   Will 

o'   the  Mill.     The  Treasure 
of  Franchard. 
Vol.    7.      Prince    Ootto.      The 

Wrong  Box. 
Vol.    8.      The    Black    Arrow. 

Markheim. 
Vol.    9.      Memories    and    Por- 
traits.    Memoirs  of  Fleeming 
Jenkin. 
Vol.    10.     The  Misfortunes  of 
John  Nicholson.    Kidnapped. 
Vol.  II.     Catriona. 
Vol.   12.     The  Master  of  Bal- 

lantrae. 
Vol.  13.     The  Wrecker. 
Vol.   14.     A  Child's  Garden  of 
Verses.      Underwoods.      Bal- 
lads.    Songs  of  Travel.     Ad- 
ditional Poems. 


drew  Lang.  An  Inland  Voy- 
age. Travels  with  a  Donkey. 
A  Mountain  Town  in  France. 
Edinburgh  :  Picturesque 
Notes. 

Vol.  2.  The  Amateur  Emi- 
grant. The  Old  and  New 
Pacific  Capitals.  The  Silver- 
ado Squatters.  Virginibus 
Puerisque. 

Vol.  3.  Familiar  Studies  in 
Men  and  Books.  The  Body 
Snatcher. 

Vol.  4.  New  Arabian  Nights, 
and  Other  Papers. 

Vol.  5.  More  New  Arabian 
Nights.  The  Dynamiter. 
Strange  Case  of  Dr.  Jekyll 
and  Mr.  Hyde.  Thrawn 
Janet. 

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Vol.  15.     Deacon  Brodie.   Beau  Vol.  19.    The  Ebb  Tide.  Weir 

Austin.        Admiral     Guinea.  of  Hermiston. 

Macaire.  Vol.  20.     St.  Ives. 

Vol.  16.     Records  of  a  Family  y^j    .^^     r^^^  g^^^^  ^^  ^  Lj^^ 

of      Engmeers.        Additional  y^^    ^^^^^    ^/^^^       qI^^^^ 

Memories     and      Portraits.  Heathercat.      The   Great 

Later   Essays.     Lay   Morals.  ^^^^^    ^^^^^      n^^^    Y^^^g 

Prayers  Written   for   Family  Chevalier.     Fables. 

Use  at  Vailima.  ,,  ,              ,         .,.          ,  ^  , 

^r  ^               AT-                      TT-  Vol.  22.     Juvenilia,  and  Other 

Vol.   17.     A  Footnote  to  His-  _            *'_,_'        _ 


Papers.     The  Davos  Press. 
Vol.  23.     The  Letters,  I-VL 


17. 
tory.     Island  Nights'  Enter- 
tainments. 

Vol.    18.      In   the   South    Seas.      Vol.  24.     Ditto,  VII-X. 
Leters  from  Samoa.  Vol.  25.     Ditto,  XI-XIV. 

Limited  to  2,060  sets. 

The  Swanston  is  the  most  comprehensive  edition  of  Stevenson's 
Works  yet  published.  For  the  first  time  in  any  Collected  Edition 
there  appear  the  Vailima  Letters  and  the  Letters  of  Stevenson  to 
his  Family  and  Friends  with  many  additional  Letters,  as  revised 
and  rearranged  by  Sir  Sidney  Colvin;  and  there  is  also  included 
in  In  the  South  Seas  some  new  matter  now  first  published,  and  in 
Vol.  XXV  an  Index  of  Titles. 

Records  of  a  Family  of  Engineers 

130  RECORDS  OF  A  FAMILY  OF  ENGINEERS. 

By    Robert    Louis    Stevenson.      (Printers'    device). 
London,  Chatto  &  Windus,  1912.  $3-5o 

The  First  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 

Original  dark  blue  buckram  boards,  gilt  top,  uncut. 

The  Hanging  Judge 

131  THE  HANGING  JUDGE.  A  Drama  in  Three 
Acts  and  Six  Tableaux.  By  Robert  Louis  Stevenson 
and  Fanny  Van  De  Grift  Stevenson.     With  an  In- 

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troduction  by  Edmund  Gosse,  C.  B.  London :  Print- 
ed for  Private  Circulation,  1914.  $icx).oo 

The  First  Edition.     Small  8vo,  pp.  104. 

In  the  original  tan  colored  boards,  uncut  and  unopened. 

The   edition   is   limited   to   thirty  copies  privately   printed   by 
Thomas  J.  Wise. 

Letters  to  Charles  Baxter 

132  LETTERS  TO  CHARLES  BAXTER.     By  Rob- 
ert Louis  Stevenson.      (1915).  $30.00 

The  First  Edition.     Small  4to,  pp.  8,  and  wrapper   (with  title 

repeated ) . 

Original  red  paper  wrappers. 

One  of  20  copies.     Numbered  and  signed  by  Clement  Shorter, 
privately  printed  for  distribution  among  his  friends. 

Letters  to  an  Editor 

133  LETTERS  TO  AN  EDITOR.     By  Robert  Louis 
Stevenson.     (1915).  $30.00 

The  First  Edition.     Small  4to,  pp. 
Original  paper  wrappers. 

One  of  25  copies  printed  by  Clement  Shorter  for  private  cir- 
culation among  his  friends. 


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WRITINGS     OF     R.     L.     STEVENSON 
ORIGINAL  MANUSCRIPTS,  UNDATED 


Unpublished  A.  L.  S. 
134  AN  UNPUBLISHED  A.  L.  S. 
'Margaret 
to  "My  dear   -  Louisa.  3  pp.,  8vo,  La  Soli- 

Bob." 
tude.  $175.00 

A  fine  letter,  written  in  his  characteristic  style.  In  it  he  refers 
to  his  health,  mentions  that  he  has  finished  a  novel  (probably 
Silverado  Squatters)  and  that  he  has  just  read  Monte  Cristo  for 
the  third  time.  He  signs  the  letter  in  full,  and  then  adds  a 
lengthy  postscript  in  pencil  (the  letter  itself  is  in  ink).  It  is  be- 
lieved that  the  letter  has  never  been  published. 

(  Margaret, 
"My  dear    <  Louisa, 
I  Bob. 

**A  good  new  year  to  all  three,  just,  I  hope  in  the  right  order. 
I  have  been  ill  in  my  customary  manner.  Garder  le  silence  et  la 
repos,  for  about  a  week ;  and  my  return  to  the  duties  of  life  is  over- 
whelmed with  letters.  This  is  my  ninth  this  morning!  Hence 
it  will  not  be  long.  I  have  at  last  finished  a  novel,  and  am  well 
paid  for  it.  If  I  keep  well,  I  should  drive  my  chaise  yet  — 
donkey  chaise,  bien  entendu. 

"I  have  just  reread  Monte  Cristo  third  time.  Tis  horrid  fun; 
but  as  soon  as  the  treasure  is  found  becomes  —  well  —  powerful 
rot.  "Ever  yours, 

"Robert  Louis  Stevenson. 

"My  wife  on  reading  this  looks  up  with  wonder,  and  having 
her  French  foot  foremost,  inquires  Go  ay,  Margaret?  Oo  instead 
of  key  —  a  trifle.  Margaret,  ay  I'onfong,  ke  je  dee  aytonmong  de 
ma  fam,  or  as  Low  used  to  phrase  it,  mong  petty  fam.  Jooay  voo 
ose  eschck?  Say  le  sool  playseer  doo  mond.  Gon  bon  partee  fay 
passy  too  lay  soleeseitzood  dom  de  rian  nettay.  Jay  cree  tray 
faseelmong  le  Frongsay  kong  je  me  met  com  voo  voyay  la  trongs- 
lecterassheong  ay  shows  faceel  a  poo  d'aksong  appry  dooz  lessong. 

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Poor  kwaw  me  pa  Tongsaynway  d'appry  la  maytodd  Stevenson? 
Mind  extinct.     9  letters,  four  business!" 

Original  Manuscript  Poem 

135  ORIGINAL  MANUSCRIPT  OF  A  POEM.  ''A 
Portrait."  i  page,  4to.  Five  stanzas  of  four  lines 
each.  $250.00 

This  poem  is  a  character  description,  the  only  one  of  its  kind 
among  Stevenson's  poems. 

The  story  of  it  is  known:    A  book  fell  into  Stevenson's  hands 
which  so  thoroughly  annoyed  and  disgusted  him  that  he  immedi- 
ately sat  down  and  wrote  these  verses.    They  are  unique  as  being 
perhaps  the  only  bitter  stanzas  he  ever  penned. 
"I  am  'the  smiler  with  the  knife,' 

The  bittener  upon  the  garbage,  I  — 
Dear  Heaven,  with  such  a  rancid  life, 
Were  it  not  better  far  to  die?" 

Unpublished  Verses 

136  THIRTY-FIVE  lines  of  Rhymed  Verse.  Written 
upon  the  reverse  of  a  List  of  27  numbered  Titles  of 
so  many  of  his  poems,  indicating  the  order  in  which 
they  should  be  printed.     Foolscap  folio,  i  leaf. 

$350.00 
Extract : 
"See,  rather,  London  on    thy  bridge, 
The  pale  battalions  [sic]  trample  by, 
Resolved  to  slay,  resigned  to  die. 
Count,  rather,  all  the  maimed  and  dead 
In  the  unfraternal  roar  of  tread." 

137  SEVEN  PAGES  OF  ORIGINAL  AUTO- 
GRAPH MANUSCRIPT,  containing  varying 
schemes  for  the  arrangement  of  his  poems,  as  he 

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thought  of  their  appearance  in  a  Collected  Edition. 
Foolscap  folio.  $400.00 

These  have  great  interest,  as  they  belong  to  his  Samoan  days, 
two  pages  being  headed  Vailima,  while  a  third  bears  the  mourn- 
ful title:     Posthumous  Verses. 

Original  Autograph  Manuscript  Never  Printed 

138  FOURTEEN  lines  quarto  of  matter  relating  to  the 
Family  of  Stevenson.  The  writer  in  this  sheet  jots 
down  particulars  connected  with  the  name,  as  early 
as  1508,  with  the  laudable  wish,  so  nationally  char- 
acteristic, to  trace  his  own  ancestry;  he  combines  an 
honesty  quite  as  common  with  the  Scot,  and  does  not 
claim  what  he  cannot  prove  his  right  to.        $75.00 

139  ORIGINAL    AUTOGRAPH     MANUSCRIPT 

of  his  Poem,  '^A  Mile  and  a  Bittock,"  consisting  of 
seven  verses  of  4  lines  each,  on  i  page,  folio,  n. 
d.  $275.00 

The  MS.  of  one  of  his  famous  Underwoods  Poems.  It  is 
written  in  the  Scotch  dialect  and  differs  slightly  from  the  printed 
text. 

"A  mile  an'  a  bittock,  a  mile  or  twa, 
Abiine  the  burn,  ayant  the  law, 
Davie  an'  Donal'  an'  Cherlie  an'  a' 
An'  the  miine  was  shinin'  clearly! 

"Ane  went  hame  wi'  the  ither,  and  then 
The  ither  went  hame  wi'  the  ither  two  men. 
An'  baith  wud  return  him  the  service  again, 
An'  the  mune  was  shinin'  clearly! 

"The  clocks  were  chappin'  in  house  an'  ha', 
Eleeven,  twal,  and  ane  an'  twa; 

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An'  the  Guidman's  face  was  turnt  to  the  wa' 
An'  the  miine  was  shinin'  clearly! 

"A  wind  got  up  frae  affa  the  sea, 
It  blew  the  stars  as  dear's  could  be, 
It  blew  in  the  e'en  of  a'  o'  the  three, 

An'  the  miine  was  shinin'  clearly!"     Etc. 

140  MANUSCRIPT  NOTES  on  Knox's  ^'Godly  Let- 
ter." Autograph  MS.  Three  pages,  small  oblong 
4to.  Being  notes  and  comments  on  Knox's  ''Godly 
Letter."    1553.  $35.00 

Rare  and  interesting. 


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STEVENSONIANA 


141  A  BOOK  OF  VERSES.  By  William  Ernest  Hen- 
ley. (Vignette).  London:  Published  by  David 
Nutt  in  the  Strand.     1888.  $25.00 

Edition  de  Luxe.     8vo. 

Original  white  vellum  boards,  gilt  top,  uncut,  with  paper  label. 
Etched  title  vignette  (in  brown)  of  "The  Old  Edinburgh  In- 
firmary" on  India  paper. 

Inscribed  on  fly-leaf  in  Author's  autograph :     "Sidney  Colvin  from 
his  friend  W.  E.  H.  29/6/88,"  and  with  the  beautiful  book-plate 
of  the  recipient. 
Widener,  No.  178;  Prideaux,  No.  i,  p.  266. 

Only  20  copies  printed  of  which  the  above  is  No.  3. 
The  poem  relative  to  Stevenson  entitled  Apparition  is  on  page 
41 ;  and  a  poem  To  R.  L,  S.  on  page  89. 

142  ESSAYS  IN  LITTLE.  By  Andrew  Lang.  Lon- 
don: Henry  and  Co.,  Bouverie  Street,  E.  C.     1891. 

$1.50 

The  First  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 

Original  brown  cloth  boards. 

Widener,  No.  180;  Prideaux,  No.  3,  p.  266. 

143  OBJECTS  OF  PITY;  or  Self  and  Company.  By 
A  Gentleman  of  Quality.  Imprinted  at  Amster- 
dam. $25.00 

Square   i2mo,   p.   56. 

Original  white  parchment  wrappers,  gilt  edges. 

Widener,  No.  181. 

Although  Stevenson  himself  had  nothing  to  do  with  this  parody 
of  An  Object  of  Pity  (see  No.  88  of  this  Catalogue),  it  is  a  title 
which  should  be  found  in  every  collection  which  pretends  to  be 
approximately  complete. 

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144  A  LETTER  to  Mr.  Stevenson's  Friends.  ''I  have 
been  waiting  for  you  these  many  years.  Give  me 
your  hand,  and  welcome."  For  private  circulation. 
MDCCCXCIV.  $40.00 

The  First  Edition.     i2mo,  pp.  38. 

Full  brown  limp  morocco. 

Formerly  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  James  Dick,  confidential  clerk 

and  manager  to  R.  L.  Stevenson's  father,  Thomas  Stevenson. 

Widener,  No.   182;  Prideaux,  No.  2,  p.  258. 

The  pamphlet  was  privately  printed  in  Samoa  and  describes  the 
death  of  Stevenson,  gives  letters  from  friends,  etc.,  and  is  a  valua- 
ble memorial  of  the  great;  writer. 

145  THE  CHAP  BOOK.  Vol.  5,  No.  3.  Contains: 
A  Winter's  Walk  in  Garrick  and  Galloway,  by  R. 
L.  Stevenson.  Vol.  2,  No.  8:  R.  L.  S. — Some  Edin- 
burgh Notes.  Eve  Blantyre  Simpson.  Portrait  of 
Robert  Louis  Stevenson;  Portrait  of  Stevenson's 
Father.  No.  VI :  A  Shelf  of  Stevenson.  Charles 
T.  Copeland.  Vol.  HI,  Nos.  2  and  3:  Contains: 
Macaire — A  Melodramatic  Farce  in  Three  Acts. 
Acts  I  and  H.  Robert  Louis  Stevenson  and  Wil- 
liam Ernest  Henley.  Macaire — A  Melodramatic 
Farce  in  Three  Acts.  Act  HI.  Robert  Louis 
Stevenson  and  William  Ernest  Henley.  Together 
5  numbers,  i2mo.  Original  paper  wrappers,  uncut. 
Chicago:  H.  S.  Stone  &  Company,  1894-96.     $4.00 

146  IN  STEVENSON'S  SAMOA.  By  Marie  Eraser. 
London,  Smith,  Elder  &  Co.,  15  Waterloo  Place, 
1895.      (All  rights  reserved).  $2.00 

The  First  Edition.     Small  8vo. 

Original  strawberry-colored  cloth  boards,  uncut.     Frontispiece. 

Widener,  No.  184;  Prideaux,  No.  4,  p.  250. 

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147  THE  HOME  AND  EARLY  HAUNTS  OF  ROB- 
ERT  LOUIS  STEVENSON.  By  Margaret  Ar- 
mour. With  twelve  illustrations  in  photogravure  in- 
cluding new  portrait  by  W.  Brown  MacDougall. 
(Publishers'  device).  Edinburgh,  Riverside  Press, 
W.  H.  White  &  Co.,  1895.  $2.00 

The  First  Edition.     i2mo,  pp.   100. 
Original  crimson  cloth  boards,  gilt  top,  uncut. 
Widener,  No.  185;  Prideaux,  No.  5,  p.  260. 

148  ROBERT  LOUIS  STEVENSON.  An  Elegy  and 
Other  Poems  Mainly  Personal.  By  Richard  Le  Gal- 
lienne.  (Etched  portrait  of  Stevenson).  London, 
John  Lane,  MDCCCXCV.  Boston,  Copeland  & 
Day.  $5.00 

The  First  Edition.     Crown  8vo,  pp.  100. 

Original  blue  cloth  boards,  uncut. 

Presentation  copy  to  George  L.  Fenwick  from  Jno  Gallienne,  the 

Author's  father. 

Widener,  No.  186;  Prideaux,  No.  5,  p.  267. 

149  ROBERT  LOUIS  STEVENSON.  A  Study.  By 
A.  B.  with  A  Prelude  &  A  Postlude.  By  L.  L  G. 
(Large  ornamental  device  in  red,  with  motto,  "Sicvt 
Lilivm  Inter  Spinas") .  Boston.  Issued  for  private 
distribution.     Copeland  and  Day,  MDCCCXCV. 

$2.00 

The  First  Edition.     8vo,  pp.  46. 

Original  blue  paper  boards,  uncut,  with  white  paper  label. 

Widener,  No.  188. 

250  copies  only  done.     The  authors  were  both  American  kdies 
—  Miss  Alice  Brown,  and  Miss  Louise  Imogen  Guiney. 

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150  CRITICAL  KIT-KATS.  By  Edmund  Gosse.  Hon. 
M.  A.  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge.  (Publish- 
ers' device).     London,  William  Heinemann,   1896. 

$4.00 

The  First  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 

Original  red  buckram  boards,  gilt  top,  uncut. 

Widener,  No.  189;  Prideaux,  No.  6,  p.  267. 

The  beautiful  appreciation  of  Stevenson  may  be  found  on  pp. 
275-302. 

151  STUDIES  IN  TWO  LITERATURES.  By  Ar- 
thur Symons.  Leonard,  Smithers  Royal  Arcade: 
Old  Bond  Street.     London  W.,  1897.  $18.00 

The  First  Edition.     Svo. 

Newly  bound  by  Riviere  in  half  olive  green  levant  morocco  gilt, 

gilt  top,  uncut. 

Widener,  No.  191;  Prideaux,  No.  7,  p.  267. 

Fine  copy,  very  scarce. 

The  article  on  Robert  Louis  Stevenson  comprises  pp.  241-247. 

152  ROBERT  LOUIS  STEVENSON.  By  L.  Cope 
Cornford.  William  Blackwood  and  Sons.  Edin- 
burgh and  London,  MDCCCXCIX.  All  rights  re- 
served. 75  cents 

i2mo. 

Original  blue  buckram  boards. 

Widener,  No.  194;  Prideaux,  No.  8,  p.  261. 

153  ROBERT  LOUIS  STEVENSON.  A  Life  Study 
in  Criticism.  By  H.  Bellyse  Baildon.  (Publishers' 
device).  With  Two  Portraits.  London,  Chatto  & 
Windus,  1901.  $3.00 
Crow^n  8vo. 

Original  black  buckram  boards,  gilt  top,  uncut. 
Widener,.  No.  195;  Prideaux,  No.  9,  p.  262. 

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154  CATALOGUE  of  A  Collection  of  the  Books  of 
Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  In  the  Library  of  George 
M.  Williamson.  Grand  View  on  Hudson.  (Print- 
ers'device).  The  Marion  Press.  Jamaica,  Queens- 
borough,  New- York,  1901.  $5.00 

Large  8vo,  pp.  100,  all  unnumbered. 
Original  crimson  cloth  boards.     Illustrated. 
Widener,  No.  197;  Prideaux,.  No.  10,  p.  262. 

No.  Ill  of  125  copies  printed. 

155  THE  LIFE  OF  ROBERT  LOUIS  STEVEN- 
SON. By  Graham  Balfour.  In  Two  Volumes. 
London,  Methuen  and  Co.,  36  Essex  Street,  1901. 

$10.00 

The  First  Edition.     8vo. 

Original  crimson  buckram  boards,  gilt  tops,  uncut  with  the  yellow 

paper  label.     Illustrated. 

Widener,  No.  198;  Prideaux,  No.  16,  p.  146. 

156  A  TALK  ABOUT  ROBERT  LOUIS  STEVEN- 
SON. Being  a  Lecture  delivered  to  the  Brother- 
hood at  Ancoats  on  November  loth,  1901.  Private- 
ly printed  at  Westminster,  1901.  $5.00 

Crown  8vo,  pp.  43. 

Original  brown  paper  wrappers,  uncut. 

Inserted  is  an  A.  L.  S.,  from  the  Author  begging  Mrs.  Sitwell 
(a  friend  to  whom  many  of  Stevenson's  letters  were  written)  to 
accept  the  pamphlet  of  which  only  fifty  copies  had  been  printed. 
The  fly  leaf  is  also  inscribed  to  this  lady:  "To  Mrs.  Sitwell  from 
the  compiler  of  these  quotations.  Oct.  1902."  Mrs.  Sitwell  is 
now   Mrs.    Sidney  Colvin. 

This  book  is  by  Sir  Robert  A.  Hudson. 

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157  MEMORIES  OF  VAILIMA.  By  Isobel  Strong 
and  Lloyd  Osbourne,  with  illustrations  from  photo- 
graphs.    Charles  Scribner's  Sons.     New  York,  1902. 

$3.00 

The  First  Edition.     Crown  8vo. 

Original  crimson  cloth  boards,  gilt  top,  uncut. 

Widener,  No.  201;  Prideaux,  No.  18,  p.  149. 

The  First  Editions  contain  Verses  written  in  1892  by  Robert 
Louis  Stevenson.  The  English  Edition  was  not  published  until 
1903. 

158  STEVENSONIANA.  Edited  by  J.  A.  Hammer- 
ton.  (Publisher's  device).  A.  Wessells  Company, 
New  York.  London,  Grant  Richards,  48  Leicester 
Square.  1903.  $5.00 
8vo. 

Original  crimson  buckram  boards,  gilt  top,  with  the  white  paper 
label.  Portrait  and  two  interesting  views  associated  with  R.  L.  S. 
Widener,  No.  203. 

Ver)^  full  of  interesting  matter  from  various  sources. 

159  A  BIBLIOGRAPHY  of  the  Works  of  Robert  Louis 
Stevenson  by  Colonel  W.  F.  Prideaux.  C.  S.  I. 
London,  Frank  Rollings,  7  Great  Turnstile,  Hol- 
born.     New  York:  Charles  Scribner's  Sons,  1903. 

$15.00 

The  First  Edition.     8vo. 

Original  crimson  buckram  boards,  gilt  top,  uncut,  with  the  origin- 
al paper   label.     With   ten   illustrations,   the  frontispiece  being  a 
portrait  of  Stevenson. 
Widener,  No.  204. 

Very  scarce.  Uniform  with  the  Edinburgh  Edition  of  Steven- 
son's Works. 

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